In addition to trying net start "JBoss for Adobe LiveCycle ES v8.0" can you also try;sc query "JBoss for Adobe LiveCycle ES v8.0" to query the status of the service.and starting the service form the windows service panel
Could you share the associated error for the failure to deploy adobe-workspacepersistence-dsc.jar as found in the ConfigurationManager log ([InstallRoot]\configurationmanager\log\**).Thanks,John