Network boot Service (TFTP) is not starting

Products

• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

You may have noticed that in your Site Servers, the "Symantec Network Boot Service (TFTP)" service shows as "Stopped" under the "NBS Server" tab.

When you tried to start "Altiris PXE MTFTP Server" service manually under "Services",

you got the following error:

Services
Windows could not start the Symantec Network Boot Service (TFTP) service on Local Computer.

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. 

Environment

Release : 8.7.1

Cause

Microsoft Visual C ++ is missing

Resolution

Install missing Microsoft Visual C ++  fixed the issue.

In this example, Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.30.30708

Additional Information

"PXE-E99 May be seen while PXE booting in certain sites after upgrading Deployment Solution to 8.7.1" (KB 275767)