PROFILE:

• Information Technology professional specializing in the implementation of EMC storage products, Business Continuance solutions, Server and Data migrations and Storage Area Networks.
• Former Server Systems Administrator for both Unix and Mainframe Systems supporting Engineering environment.
• Some VMware (Storage Vmotion) and Windows (MSCS Cluster) experience

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Data Migrations - Open Replicator, SRDF/S, SRDF/A, Concurrent, Cascaded, SRDF/STAR,PPME, Host Mirroring, RoboCopy, Recoverpoint
• Business Continuance: DR scripting (SRDF/S, SRDF/A, TimeFinder BCVS, Clones, Snaps
• SRDF/CE (Install, Migrations)
• Unix Shell Scripting ( KSH )
• SAN Zoning (Brocade, McData, Cisco)
• VMware (Storage Vmotion )
• Mainframe(Base, TF, SRDF, Congroups
• VPLEX,Recoverpoint (provisioning, migrations)
• SPEED (Symmetrix/VMAX Performance)

TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY:

Hardware: VMAX, DMX, Symmetrix, CLARiiON, McData, Brocade, Cisco, Emulex

Languages & Development Tools: Unix Scripting ( KSH, CSH ), Perl, Windows (DOS) cmd files, Brocade CLI, Cisco NX-OS CLI, DCNM

Operating Systems, Utilities & Virtualization Tools: Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Windows 2003/2008, Red Hat Linux

Commercial Software: Solutions Enabler, SMC, SPA,Unisphere for VMAX, Powerpath, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, RecoverPoint, Navisphere Manager, SRDF, TimeFinder Clones/Snaps, Replication Manager, Veritas Mirroring, RoboCopy, Vsphere/Vcenter

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• SRDF (Concurrent/Cascaded) based Server migrations (Site) production move from one Datacenter
• Cisco MDS 9513/HP9124E Blade Switches Zoning - CLI, DCNM
• EMC VMAX40K Targets(2) SAN provisioning: SRDF/S, SRDF/A Replication - 150-200 Servers ( 2 locations ))
• VMAX1s to VMAX40Ks, FAST/VP, Unisphere for VMAX, SRM, ESRS
• Residency, BAU operations post Migration, Site Disaster Recovery tests.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation: Creation of 3 Recoverpoint Clusters in 3 datacenters
• Target DC: One VPLEX Cluster of VPLEX metro - Provisioning for Confidential
• Planning /Provisioning of 65 Servers for RP migration (Recoverpoint Confidential
• Provisioning: VMAX, VNX, CX3, VPLEX Virtual volumes

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Cisco CLI Zoning for 25 AIX servers ( server migration) in Target Data center
• Provisioning VMAX3 volumes, VPLEX virtual volumes - create Confidential
• Create Recoverpoint Confidential (Consistency Groups), VPLEX target Storage views; Recoverpoint Replication.
• Perform Recoverpoint Image access ( Test Copy) then Failover for Server migration to target datacenter.

Server / Storage Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Server Migrations ( Host level Mirroring) and SAN switch migrations ( Cisco Switches new fabrics)
• Legacy Servers, Switches, Storage - 6 Data Centers, Multiple time zones ( primarily weekend migrations)
• Veritas Mirroring, Linux LVM, Open Replicator ( Hot Push )
• DMX3, CX to VMAX40K migrations.

Storage Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Brocade/McData to Brocade DCX8510 switch migration ( 4 switches 400 ports ) 25% complete.
• Data Migration: 130 servers PPME, Open Replicator ( hot pull/hot push) in progress.
• VMAX Thin Provisioning, Fast VP VNX/VG2 gateway
• Logical Architecture(LA) Infrastructure Detail Design Documentation (IDD) for New SAN/storage.

Storage Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• VMAX FAST-VP implementation ( 3 arrays)
• Data Migration using Open Replicator to migration from 3rd party (Compellent) to VMAX
• Procedures, Server remediations, migrations.
• TimeFinder Clones, Snap implementation
• SRDF/A support, SRDF/A DR testing ( Linux Servers)
• VMAX Expansion: sizing/modeling of 10 SAS servers.

Storage Operations

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• VMAX Performance Analysis, Monitoring, Troubleshooting/Operations for a large Aerospace Company
• SAP/AIX (two) VMAXES: Performance Analysis (SPA)
• SRDF/A, TimeFinder Clone Troubleshooting (SRs)
• DCP (Dynamic Cache Partitioning) Analysis

Implementation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Symmetrix/DMX SRDF/S DR Scripting

Implementation Specialist: VMware

Confidential, Rochester, NY

Responsibilities:

• VMWare Storage migrations at a large healthcare organization.
• VMware - Storage Vmotion Data Migration

Implementation Specialist: VMware

Confidential, Shelton, CT

Responsibilities:

• VMWare Storage migrations and Disaster Recovery implementation at an insurance company.
• VMware ESX 4.0 Storage Vmotion Data Migrations - 250 Virtual servers
• RecoverPoint Implementation (CX splitters)

Implementation Specialist

Confidential, Norwich, CT

Responsibilities:

• VMAX Data Migration using EMC Open Replicator

Implementation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Server Data Migration, Switch(Brocade) Migration
• SRDF/S (DMX to VMAX, Open Replicator, PPME(Windows)

Implementation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Data Migration - Open Replicator, SRDF/A RoboCopy
• DMX to VMAX

Implementation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Disaster Recovery implementation at an equipment rental company.
• RecoverPoint 3.3 Implementation (VMAX, SANTap)

Implementation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Disaster Recovery automation at a healthcare organization.
• Replication Manager