PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 10+ years of hands on experience with servers, virtualization, backup infrastructure and storage systems.
• Work in engineering team to design, test and create Work Instructions for backup software new version and features, EMC Data Domain installation and upgrade.
• Implement transition project plans according to client specifications.
• Document project transitions, implemented transition project plans.
• Coordinate with Transition Project Managers and resolved all technical issues.
• Administer Veritas Netbackup, Backu Exec and Netbackup appliances.
• Adminster EMC Avamar, Networker, Data domain, DD cloud tier.
• Adminster IBM Tivoli storage manager.
• Experience of configure IBM and Quantum tape library.
• Build new backup domains and hand over to L2 support team.
• Help L2 support team to resolve escalations for any backup and configuration issues.
• Experience of migration Netbackup domain from Solaris to Linux.
• Experience of migration BEX domains to Netbackup and TSM.
• Experience on VMWare ESXi, Windows servers and Red Hat Linux.
• Coordinate with SAN team to work on tape SAN switches.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Backup Software: Netbackup, Backup Exec, Avamar, Networker,TSM,Commvault.

Operating Systems: Windows 20, Linux 5.x, 6.x, Sun Solaris.

Storage: Data Domain DD9500, DD9800, DD7200, DD2500, DD990, DD890.

Reporting tool: DPA,OpsCenter.

Languages: Shell programming, Java, HTML, C, C++, VB.Net.

ERP: Axapta 2009.

Tape Storage: IBM tape library TS4500, TS3500, TS3300 Sun tape lib S700, E700, Qunatum iScalar.

Hardware: Sun Fire V215, V440, HP Proliant, Lenovo Servers etc.

Others: NFS, DNS, FTP,MS SQL, Microsoft Exchange 2003.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Fort Worth, TX

Sr. Backup Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Design and Build backup infrastructure using backup software Netbackup, Avamar and TSM.
• Netbackup appliances configuration and upgrade to version 7.7.3, 7.6.x.
• Configure and upgrade Avamar grids on version 7.x, 6.x, 5.x.
• Upgrade Data Domain OS from 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 to 5.7 and 6.x.
• Install and Configure netbackup enterprise servers version 7.7.x and 8.x.
• Upgrade netbackup enterprise servers from 7.6.x to 7.7.3 to 8.x.
• Configure TSM backup domain on version 7.x, 6.x.
• Manage IBM (TS 3500, 3200), HP and Quantum iScalar Tape Lib.
• Upgrade OpsCenter Analytics, Data Protection Advisor reporting tools.
• Provide daily reports, management reports via OpsCenter 8.x and DPA V6.3.0.
• Configure VADP backup for cloud infrastructure.
• Configure SQL and Oracle backup.
• Migration backup domain from Backup Exec to Netbackup and TSM.
• Add clients in Avamar grid.
• Troubleshooting experience with Avamar.
• Shelves addition in Avamar grid.
• Integrate DD cloud tier with Avamar.
• Schedule backups and troubleshoot issues in BEX.
• BEX integration with Data Domain, Tape Lib, virtual environments.
• Creation of policies in Networker 8.1.
• Integrate DD with Networker 8.1.
• Restore with Networker.
• Data Domain shelves addition and movement activities.
• Manage DDMC.
• Install and Upgrade DPA agents on Netbackup, TSM, Avamar domains.
• Policy creation in DPA.
• Create/Change/Delete vCenter user.
• Stop/Start/Restart/Suspend Virtual Machine (VM).
• Move Virtual Machine to another cluster within the same virtual DC.
• Create temporary snapshot.
• Revert to a snapshot.
• Decommission a Virtual Machine.
• Create additional disk for Virtual Machine.
• Extend storage for Virtual Machine.
• Provide Virtual Machine status information (Health Check/Performance Analysis).
• Add additional CPU to a Virtual Machine.
• Cloning VMWare hosted virtual machines.
• Migrate a VM to another host.
• VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Appliance Installation.
• VMware ESXi 5.5.0 Installation.
• Adding Nutanix ESXi Hosts to vCenter.

Confidential - Raleigh, North Carolina

Sr. Backup Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation of NBU 7.0, NBU 7.1 Netbackup master and media sever, Avamar/Backup Exec/DPA.
• Configure IBM 3500, 3200 tape lib with 1120 and 1140, LTO tape drives.
• Configure Data Domain DD890, DD880 with latest DDOS.
• Upgrade NBU 6.0 to NBU 7.0, 7.1 on Linux platform.
• Migration from Solaris domain to Linux.
• Configure SAN media server.
• Tape Library and drive code upgrade.
• Configure Netbackup policies for physical and Virtual infrastructure.
• Configure file system, database and NDMP backup.
• Import tapes when required.
• Perform Restoration on request from clients.
• Configure EMC Data Protection Advisor V5.8.
• Schedule various Backup reports with DPA.
• Troubleshoot DPA reporting related issues.
• Install and Upgrade DPA agents.
• Policy creation in DPA.
• Manage users and roles in DPA.
• Configure EMC Avamar grid for Edge location.
• Install Avamar agent on various servers and integrate them to Avamar grid.
• Monitor GC,HFS, CP processes.
• Create file systems and configure CIFS and NFS as per business requirement.
• Create and manage snapsure feature to create schedule and manage local backups as per EMC best practice.
• Configure and manage the CAVA on VNX.
• Design and implement IP replicator using V2.
• Analyze VNX logs to troubleshoot various NAS issues.

Confidential

Asst. Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manag backups of heterogeneous enterprise servers with multi-TB daily backup’s capacity using VERITAS Netbackup software and robotic tape libraries.
• Build SAN media server.
• Netbackup Client configuration and upgrade.
• Restore data and troubleshoot backup, restore failures.
• Key Result Areas also include troubleshooting issues related to L700 Tape Libraries.
• Understand backup requirements for the clients.
• Monitor service status and take appropriate proactive measures as a Level 2/3 support technician.
• Documentation of service status - utilization & troubleshooting.
• Document implementation details, configurations, technology updates to the team.
• Work closely with L1 support, vendors and implementation team.
• Create Policies and configure tape drives.
• Import tapes at DR site as per client request.
• Monitor media usage to estimate the procurement of new tapes.
• Manage Avamar domains.

Confidential

Netbackup Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configure and manage Netbackup domains.
• Manage EMC Avamar for edge location.
• Configure EMC data domain and integrate it with Netbackup domain.
• Policies configure for Unix/Window/Database/NAS.
• Configure disk and media manager storage unit.
• Trobleshoot and reconfigure tape drives.
• Perform Restore operation.
• Monitor media requirement dialy and weekly and recall scratch tapes from offsite.
• Perform the manual backups for user during client side activity.
• Generate backup Reports.
• Troubleshoot Error code 57,58,59,156,196,84,99 .

Confidential

Associate Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Perform business requirement analysis and data modeling.
• Designe object relation diagrams, process flow diagrams.
• Create SQL queries for SQL Server 2005.
• Create tables in SQL DB.
• Implement code on production server.
• Design and document the functionality.
• Design new forms as per requirement.
• Worked as UNIX admin to configure Linux and Solaris servers.
• Worked as Netbackup admin to do backup and restore.
• Install NBU clients on various servers.
• Perform backup and disaster recovery operations.
• Create policies to take backup of file system and database.
• Troubleshoot various backup failure.