SUMMARY

• 12 Year of experience in VMware ESX/ESXi, Windows 2003/2008/2012 , VSphere CLI, VMware VIEW, VMware vSphere, P2V Converter, ThinApp, and Linux .
• Build and troubleshooting experience wif ESX 3.5/4 servers and VSphere 4.1/5.0 infrastructure.
• Worked on Vcenter server 5.0 4.0, 4.1 and Virtual center server 3.0 for managing multiple ESX servers.
• Performance monitoring for Servers and VMs on vSphere platform
• Worked extensively on Templates and clones Expertise in creating Host and Client VM Templates, Cloning and managing Snapshots
• Installed and configured Cisco UCS blade.
• Manage cisco servers using CISCO UCS MANAGER.
• Experience in creating, analyzing and managing resource pools, virtual clusters, alert structures, security groups, permissions, virtual network.
• Experience wif VMware view 5.0/4.6/4.5/4.0 design on Virtual desktops deployments
• Designing, planning, and building a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
• Built a desktop pool using Linked clone and configure pool for required user group.
• Performed Refresh, Recompose and Rebalance operation using View Composer on Desktops.
• Implementation of VIEW 4.5 Application packaging using the VMware ThinApp 4.5 and ThinApp 4.5 & 4.6
• Experience wif Application Virtualization (APP - V\ThinAPP\XenApp) and software packaging requirements for Windows Vista/7 operating systems.
• Extensive hands on experience wif design and Implementation of ThinApp environment for deployment. Installation of ThinApp Product and Upgradation.
• Experience in Debugging and troubleshooting Virtualized applications.
• Sound noledge on FC SAN, Iscsi SAN and NAS storage.
• In depth noledge of Installing and configuring HP, Compaq, Dell Servers. Configuring RAID, Disk Mirroring, SAN Volume Expansion, Raid, SCSI Controller Installation
• Experience in different services including infrastructure and transactional
• Knowledge of maintaining Business Continuity and performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Experience on SAN Storage and Disaster recovery solution wif VMware SRM
• Worked on EMC VNX, HP EVA storage array
• P2V and V2V conversions using Vmware converter enterprise 3 and 4. Platespin.
• Extensively worked on Vmotion and Storage Vmotion.
• Hands on experience wif vSwitches, port groups, and Cisco Routers & Switches, TCP/IP, VPN, VLANs, Ethernet port, and Wireless networks
• Full understanding of Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Windows desktop and Remote desktop. Implementation and administration of Active Directory in Windows 2000/2003 environment.
• Experience installing, managing and administering Windows 2008 and 2003 based Domain controllers, Backup / Additional Domain Controller
• Experience in the Server and Desktop Management (Windows Administration), Support, Analysis and Maintenance.
• Demonstrated ability to work well wif a wide variety of people at various levels, foster cooperation and collaboration among individuals in the work unit, halp team resolve conflicts constructively and ability and willingness to communicate when halp is needed.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows Vista/XP/7, Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 , Red Hat Linux RHEL 4.x., 5.x and 6.3

Languages: C, C++, Power CLI, ESXi CLI

Protocols: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP

Tools: RMAN, Active Directory, HP SIM, Avamar Proxy, DS View, RV tool, UCS manager Vclient, Web Client, Vranger, HP SIM, VMware converter, Plate spin, open filer

VM Platforms: VMware vSphere Infrastructure 5.0/4& 3 (ESX server & Virtual Center), VMware vCenter Converter, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Lab Manager, VMware SRM, VMware ThinApp and VMware Virtual Desktop Manager.

Instant Messaging: Microsoft Lync, Communicator

Hardware: HP, Dell and CISCO rack and Blade servers, EMC VNX series

Email Clients: Outlook, Lotus Notes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Las Vegas, CA

VMware Engineer / Windows Admin

Responsibilities:

• Was responsible to manage a large environment wif 314 ESXi hosts spreaded across various datacenters.
• Build new ESXi 5.1 hosts from the scratch and did the complete configuration and made them PCI compliant.
• Installing, Configuring & Troubleshooting of the ESXi 5.1 in different types of Dell servers (PowerEdge R720; 2950; M620.
• Co-ordinated wif the network team to plan the structure of network to be used for the new ESXi hosts like number of NICs, vLANs, subnets etc.
• Worked in the world largest datacenter SWITCHNAP and deployed and configured Blade server chassis Dell M1000E and configured CMC and Blade servers Poweredge M620 for it.
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 Virtual Machines in the ESXi host clusters.
• Created various types of Tech Plans for hardware and software installations.
• Installation of Vcenter server and Configuring ESXi - host’s wifin the cluster using VMotion and HA.
• Running patches and updates through update manager for the Esxi hosts.
• Configured CMC and Idrac for remote management of chassis and ESXi hosts.
• Applied patches to fix various types of vulnerabilities in Vcenter.
• Did the basic configuration of Powerconnect m6220 (1Gig); m Gig) and Brocade switches.
• Deployed Vmware Vcenter operations manager in the production environment to monitor performance of Virtual servers; datastores and their resources availability.
• Worked on physical to virtual migration(P2V) and virtual to virtual(V2V) using Vmware converter 5.0
• Complete hardware setup and cabling of Dell Poweredge R720 and EMC VNX

Environment: - ESXi 4.1/5.1, VCenter server 4.1/5.1, Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2 server, RHEL 4.8,5.5,5.6, Remedy, Dell Poweredge R710, R720, 2950, M620, m1000e

Confidential

VMware/Windows/Linux Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain and troubleshoot whole environment for McGraw hill Edu from shared data center to dedicated DC.
• Install and configure ESXI host in HP DL380 and blade servers using Kick start files
• Deployed 500+ vms using template and customization scripts. Created different scripts for variety of OS in new VSphere 5.1 infrastructure.
• Installed and configured Cisco UCS blade, fabric interconnect, Flex. Hands on Experience wif UCS cabinet 5108, Fabric Interconnect 6120/6140/6248 , Flex 2100 series, B2 series blades.
• Manage cisco servers using CISCO UCS MANAGER 2.0
• Worked on EMC VNX, lun management .
• Installed and configurevCAC, vCloud Director, Orchestrator, vCOPS, vCM and other vCloud componants
• Build various version of LINUX/UNIX for infrastructure and troubleshoot them. Linux 4.X to 6.X
• Created and installed Infrastructure requirement application, E.g. SCCM, SCOM, Casper, SEP etc.
• Worked wif Network team to troubleshoot misconfigured network, VLANs etc.
• Handled extensive P2V and V2V of production servers of windows 2003, 2008 as well as Linux 5.8 and 6.3
• Created VDI desktops for VIEW 5 using linked clone.
• Created Ad structure as source Active directory
• Work wif Cloud team to implement VCloud director 5.1for McGraw hill environment
• Created and managed Independence disk for VDC virtual machines
• Made list of GPO’s for diffrent OU and made replica of dedicated environment to dedicated environment
• Handled Veem back up for new VSphere 5.1.
• Configured power path for all hosts.
• Worked wif Office 365 team to migrate email acct to cloud.
• Handled technical documentation and Run books

Confidential, NY

VMware/Windows Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configure HP Blades and Cisco UCS for Adecco Data center consolidation project
• Created different pools and service profiles for CISCO blades based on requirement
• Exclusively worked on legacy hardware troubleshooting (HP G2 to G6).
• Successfully upgraded hardware to removed dependency of old hardware in environment.
• P2V using Platespin, V2V and VM converter.
• VSphere 5.0 admiration and troubleshooting. Provided L2/L3 support for BAU team as well as Consolidation project.
• Created host cluster, set up distribution switch.
• Deployed Vapp using Vapp network in Vcloud director.
• Configure vmotion port on ESXi host where standard switches configured.
• Vcould Director 1.5 installation and configuration
• Design and managevCACworkflows
• Storage migration for data center consolidation.
• SAN migration, Left hand to EVA 6500
• Automated provisioning from VCops
• Kept all infrastructures in Vcops monitoring and, did Day to day administration of environment using VCops manager.
• Managed Vmware vCloud Hybrid Services
• Created service profile pools and policies using UCSM, configured call home feature.
• Upgraded Firmware in UCSM, configured backup in UCSM. Good understanding of fault, event and audit log of UCSM.
• Hand on working experience wif service profile and service profile template.
• Made plan and executed to upgrade exiting 2000 server to 2008 or 200 r2
• OSSV back up.
• Printer migration. XP to Win7
• Successfully performed MPLS site migration for braches
• HP SIM - to monitor the health of HP servers.
• Manage Windows patching using WSUS.
• Firmware upgrade to ESX hosts, USC manager update 1.2 to 2.0
• Give support to incident tickets and change management Snow.
• Configure and troubleshoot windows cluster
• Avocent / HP Console Viewer - KVM console access to physical servers located in Datacenter.
• HP Onboard Administrator - iLO access to blade servers located in datacenter (HP C7000 Chassis)
• Handled KA session wif SME and document all for transition.

Confidential

VMware/VDI/Thinapp Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Experience in implementation and deploying View 5.0/4.5(VDI) virtual desktops and Thinapps 4.5 Application packages wif vSphere ESXi4.1 environment.
• Worked on View 5.0 upgrade project from 4.5 environment
• Performed up gradation of ESX 3.5/ESXi4.1 environment to vSphere5.0.
• Assessment, design and implementation of View 4.5 environment
• Experience wif installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware Lab Manager
• Analyze existing infrastructure using VMware Capacity Planner
• Performed data store migration using VMware storage vMotion on Netapps NFS, dell Iscsi SAN Storage
• Assisted in P2V conversions of Windows servers using VMware vConverter
• Provide research into VMware Thinapp initiative for increasing server virtualization
• Involved in Assessment of current environment for desktop virtualization.
• Involved in definition of success criteria for use cases.
• Created service profile for UCS environment.
• Installed half and full blade using service profile in CISCO UCS chassis.
• Created use cases for desktop design and implementation.
• Installation of VMware Tools and upgrade of ESX hosts.
• Creating and managing the VMware cluster wif HA and DRS.
• Monitoring and managing performances of ESX/ESXi servers and virtual machines.
• Working on Migration concepts like VMotion and SVMotion.
• Design and implementation of ThinApp environment.
• Experience wif Cisco Nexus 1000V appliance
• Application virtualization using VMware ThinApp 4.5 version.
• ThinApp Packages Applications Upgrades and deployment testing and Production Implementation.
• Experience in updating/upgrading VSphere 4.1 to 5.
• Experience in updating/upgrading the HP Onboard Administrator, Virtual connects.

Confidential, AZ

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installing ESX and ESXi 3.5, 4.0 & 4.1 servers
• Providing support in Planning and designing VMWare infrastructure
• Expanding VMware Virtualization Environment as per client requirement
• Upgrading ESX servers from 3.5 to 4.0 and 4.1
• Installation of vCenter server
• Upgrading vCenter Servers accordingly vSphere 4.0, 4.1
• Upgrade VMs hardware components according vSphere requirement
• Installation of vCenter components
• Installing Virtual machines
• Installing and upgrading VMware Tools
• Installing and managed VDI terminal servers
• Provided isolated desktop environment via VDI
• Creating resource pools and adding the VM’s into the pools
• Installing VMware Thinapp and upgrading older versions
• Application isolation using Thinapp
• Deploying VM’s from templates
• Snapshots according to user’s requirement
• Configuring HA,DRS clusters
• Taking care of capacity planning for new clusters
• Configuring FT for important VM’s
• Taking care of ESX and VM storage issues
• Coordinating wif the storage team
• Capacity planning using Capacity planner and Vmware guided consolidation for gathering the Information
• Physical machines CPU and Memory usage metrics
• P2V Hot conversions using converter enterprise 3 and 4
• P2V cold conversion using Vmware Converter Boot CD
• Performance monitoring using Vizoncore, Vfoglight and ESXTOP
• Creating vSwitches
• Creating different ports groups for different purposes
• Taking care of NIC teaming at ESX server level for NLB and redundancy
• Updating and upgrading ESX servers using Vcenter Update manager
• VMotion according to the requirement
• Storage VMotion according to the requirement
• Hands on experience on Dell, HP, SUN Microsystems server hardware
• Build HP DL G6/G7 - 300/500 series servers
• Build HP Enclosures, create profiles and configure Virtual Connect Module
• Upgrade firmware, BIOS using iLO
• Worked on OS refresh Project
• Worked on Linux separation project
• Installing and troubleshoot different applications and tools like Neverfail, Sunsurfer, Powerpath etc.
• Hardware expertise to replace Memory Module, CPUs and HBAs