I’ll give you a quick run down on what the situation is then the question.
I am a full time outsourced contractor (dont worry im not in India) whose team runs the Data Center for our client (450+ Windows/HP-UX environment). The only aspect that we dont have total control over is the installation of new servers that come into the environment and un-installation of old servers which are going back as part of a lease-refresh.
When we receive a new server to be installed, or even for a Hard Drive replacement, the contracts our client has with HP on a per-server basis calls for an HP certified technician to do the physical work, which I hear equals out to at least $100/hr.
With the idea of saving the client money and not wasting time waiting for a technician to come out to install a server or wait 4 hours for a tech to replace a hard drive on a critical production system, how would I, and the rest of my team go about getting these certifications. I already checked HP’s certifications website, but it is a bunch of useless information.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.