not able to start the smc service in sep 12.1

Hi All,

I am currently facing an issue with a lot of machines. Whenever I tried to start the already stopped "smc" service of SEP. I am not able to do so & hence got this error:

"Could not start the Symantec Management Client service on local computer.

Error 1068: The dependency service or group failed to start."

Pleasesuggect any valid solution.