SUMMARY:

• 7+ years of total experience in IT industry in the area of Virtualization with VMware ESX 4.x and 5.0 servers,Virtual Center server and in Windows System Administration.
• Build and troubleshooting experience With VMware ESX Server and Virtual center server.
• Excellent understanding on ESX Architecture, guest OS installation, Cloning and Snapshots
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Generating Performance Reports weekly basis.
• Installing VMware tools and Upgrading VMware tools on Windows Machines.
• Patch Management of ESX Hosts using VMware Update Manager.
• Extensive experience in working with the VMotion technology, working with the Storage VMotion technology.
• Experience in implementing ESX servers with efficient virtualization strategies by creating clones, templates, task scheduling, creating and managing snapshots
• Strong experience with the VMware HA and VMware DRS.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of Vswitches, different types of port groups, connection types, network traffic and, security policy settings by NIC Teaming, notification to switches for connectivity problems and connectivity with storage using iSCSI, NAS and SAN storages
• Problem Mgmt on Vmware ESX 4.X and Virtual Center and Vmotion.
• Increasing resources like HDD, Memory and CPU.
• Conducted 100 plus P2V migrations using vCenter converter.
• Experience with Vizioncore vReplicator, vRanger pro, veeam backup
• DNS/DFS/DHCP/WINS Standardizations and Implementations.
• Worked on HP proliant Servers
• Experience with HP Blade System C - class enclosure using Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect.
• Experience with HP Systems Insight Management(SIM)
• Administration and management of Active Directory
• Good knowledge of Windows Server 2003 and 2008 server architecture and administration.
• Excellent leadership qualities, good communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Extremely self-motivated, quick learner, team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Vmware Administration: VMware VSphere 4.0/4.1,ESX Server 3.x/4.x/5.x, vCenter Server 3.x/4.x/5.x, Virtual Center Server 2.5, VMware Converter Enterprise, VMware View, VMware ThinApp 4.6, VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, VMotion, Storage VMotion, VMware Capacity Planner, VMware Workstation

Operating System: Windows Server NT 4.0/2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012, Windows XP/Vista/7

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL360 G7 Intel Xeon, HP ProLiant DL380 G7 Intel Xeon, HP ProLiant DL365 HP BL 460c G7, HP BL 480c G8 blade servers,HP BL 680c G5 C7000 HP Chassis

Programming Skills: C, C++, Powershell

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, LIVINGSTON, NJ

Vmware/windows Adminsitrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and maintaining VMware ESXi 5.x hosts and vCenter 5.x Environment.
• Configure and worked on vCenter Linked mode.
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows 2003, 2008 R2,2012 Servers on Virtual Machines.
• Experience in administrating Bios and firmware upgrades on Dell blade servers in Chassis Management Controller.
• Troubleshoot issues with Linked Mode connected with Update Manager.
• Updating and patching ESXi servers, Virtual Center servers using VMware Update manager.
• Perform server migration over Data centers using VMware converter 5.0.
• Creating and managing the VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Migrating Physical Machines to Virtual Machines (P2V) and Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines (V2V) using VMware converter and platespin.
• 500+ P2V migration using VMware converter and PlateSpin
• Perform vMotion, Perform Storage VMotion and troubleshooting HA/DRS issues
• Experience with HP C7000 Blades for ESX hosts deployment
• Taken care whole storage for our environment, day to day storage requirements, storage pools, extended data store, storage I/O controller, swing LUNs to migrate VMs between clusters.
• Worked with VMware engineers to build custom ESXi image for our environment, which includes (custom filter driver for Trend Micro, power path from EMC).
• Troubleshoot and remediated many issues related to VMware and windows, has very good experience in working with VMware BCS support engineers, also extensively worked with Dell enterprise engineer for any Hardware related issues, ex: system board failure, Bad Memory, CPUs also issues related to power, voltage.
• Hands on experience installing, configuring & administering Network services like DHCP and DNS services.
• Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX/ESXi servers, vCenter server and Virtual machines.
• Collaborated with multiple support teams to resolve critical time-sensitive issues.

Confidential, Raritan, NJ

Windows-VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Extensively worked on VMware Update manger for Host upgrades and patches.
• Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.
• VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates.
• Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware and HP Blade servers resulting in a reduction of racks and power usage, decrease downtime during maintenance and upgrades and improved monitoring.
• Created and Managed resource pools for Virtual Machines
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server for HA, DRS.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines
• Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates
• Worked on Vizioncore Vranger for virtual machine backups and Vizioncore vReplocator for disaster recovery.
• Maintain Microsoft Windows Servers (2003 and 2008), DNS DHCP and Active Directory.
• Reorganized AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and External VPN to better implement external and internal organization and technical needs
• Generating the audit reports of active directory users on weekly and monthly basis using AD Audit Plus manage engine.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

Wintel/VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Job includes installation and configuration of VMware ESX 4.x, installation and configuration of VMware Virtual Center Server and creating Virtual Machines
• Assist in P2V conversion of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server editions using enterprise VMware converter and also installed the VMware tools on that machines.
• Provided disaster recovery and backup services using the VMware consolidated Backup (VCB)
• Job also includes creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates, cloning Virtual Machines and managing Virtual Center permissions
• Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS
• Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines
• Using Virtual centre server for HA, DRS and Vmotion.
• Working on Migration concepts like VMotion and cold migration
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network
• Troubleshooting ESX & Virtual Machines
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates
• Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and VMs
• Installation, configuration and management of vizioncore vRanger for virtual machine backup.
• Management of HP SIM for hardware monitoring.
• Installation, configuration and management of Windows Server 2003..
• Management for Active Directory and patch management

Confidential

Wintel Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Remote management of Windows 2000 & 2003 Servers and providing support OS and Hardware related issues
• Active Directory management and Server Administration
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of VMware ESX Host 3.5
• Creation of New VMs and installation of Guest Os.
• Monitoring System performance, Security, Virus Protection Management and Backup Management
• Windows 2000/2003 Server health monitoring: - involves monitoring the disk space utilization, CPU Utilization and Memory utilization
• Remote management of Servers using HP ILO
• Performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for all Critical incidents
• Incident, Problem Management, Change Management and Release Management
• Backup & Restoration as per the requirement
• Working based on ITIL process