PLATFORM
Deployment Solution 7.6 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM.
ISSUE
The VM was shutdown without any warning or prompt due to an error on the ESX host. Even though the server was able to be brought back up, we had several issues with DS:
The console isn't responding.
Agents aren't connected to the NS.
Services on the NS won't start up (e.g. Altiris Object Host Service).
Atrshost.exe is throwing crash errors in the log viewer.
STEPS TAKEN SO FAR
Attempted to start / restart services. Some services wouldn't start, such as Altiris Object Host Service.
Restarted IIS.
Rebooted server.
...NO CHANGE...
Next, I noticed the coresettings.config file was empty so I restored it from a backup.
Then the console started responding and agents connected to the NS.
Altiris Object Host Service will still not start.
Agents are still unable to connect to the task server.
Next, I ran a repair on task server...no change.
Uninstalled task server.
Rebooted the NS.
Installed task server.
Now, Altiris Object Host Service is missing altogether.
I'm out of ideas. Any help is greatly appreciated.