best practice is to export out your jobs now and then.. if any get deleted.. import them all into a temp folder.. retrieve and then delete the rest...

I believe there is no way to recover ones that are deleted and not exported... no recycle bin if you will....

If you have SQL backups, you could set up a temporary Altiris DS server, restore the backup to it, export the jobs, and import them to your original DS server. 

Hi,

I am not currently at a DS, but there is a commandline tool axExport.exe that can be used to export jobs. you could set up a windows scheduled job that exports your jobs to a file. In case something goes wrong you can then import all the jobs to a folder and just select the job you lost. The only downside is that you wil loose the history of the job. But then again it is better to loose the history then the entire job.

Oh, here is the userguide stuff:

Job Export Utility

This utility can be used to export jobs from the Deployment Database. It can be helpful

in copying jobs from one Deployment system to another, backing up jobs, creating

standard jobs during multiple installations, and other actions.

Syntax: axExport <filename> (options)

Command-Line Switches

Options

/f <folder-name> Job folder to be exported

/e <job-name> Job to be exported

/s Process all subfolders also

/i Include the Initial Deployment Job

/y Suppress confirmation prompts

/dsn <odbc-dsn-name> ODBC data source name

/d <db-server> Database server name

/u <db-user> Database user name

/db <db-databaseName> Database name

/p <db-password> Database user password

/lu <login-user> Deployment Server login user name

/lp <login-password> Deployment Server login password

Example 1: Export all jobs to a binary backup file.

axExport /s /i backup.dat

Example 2: Make a backup copy of a single job.

axExport /e "Deploy Office 2000" backup2.dat

Example 3: Export all jobs in the Projects folder.

axExport /f Projects projects.dat

Example 4: Export a job to a binary backup file without supplying the SQL server

and instance.

axExport Backup.dat /e "Image Job"

Example 5: Export a job to a binary backup file with the database server name.

axExport Backup.dat /e "Image Job" /d DatabaseServerName /db DatabaseName /u

DatabaseUserName /p DatabaseUserPassword