Hotspare can be used on any Windows 2000, XP or
2003 computer. In can be used on both workstation and server
machines.
There are three main components in the Hotspare
application.
The script editor
This is a Windows application that allows systems administrators
to edit and test scripts. Tasks can be added and removed and tested
either individually or as a batch.
The task service
This is a Windows Service that must be installed on a
server/workstation for tasks to run on that machine. It is this
service that caries the license.
The console tool
This can be use from existing batch scripts and from the task
scheduler to execute a Hotspare script.