SUMMARY

• About 6+ years of professional experience on windows and VMware Administration.
• Installation and Deploying Windows Servers 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2 in Physical and Virtual Environment.
• Migrations from P2V, P2P, V2V using Double - take, V-converter and Plate spin.
• Create Snapshot and test Rollback, configure vMotion, Cluster and Failover.
• Participated in development and maintenance of Disaster Recovery & Backup.
• Resource Management Configuring VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters for VMotion migrations between ESX Servers.
• Updated the Patches for ESX Servers using VMware Update Manager in Virtual Center.
• Upgrading the Server Builds.Upgrading the NIC from 4gig to 10gig, teaming and Vlan tagging for redundancy and fault tolerance.
• Built ESX servers and implemented complete integration with SAN for VMotion in a VMware DRS and HA enabled environment.
• Performed backup and restore operations of VMware host server's configuration, Virtual Machines backup, snapshots, P2V-V2V conversion using VMware stand-alone convertor, applying Patch updates, monitoring/reporting, SSH, SNMP and alerts notification.
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment
• Configured storage devices along with iSCSI disks in SAN using RAID 1, 5 and 10.
• Expertise in installing configuring, managing & troubleshooting of VMware ESXi5.0/ESX3.5, vCenter Servers.
• Expert in Configuring and administering windows server, IIS 6.0/7.0, WSUS 3.0 SP2, Office 365, and Hyper-V 2012 servers in a clustering environment.
• Extensive experience with VCenter and VSphere configuration and deployment.
• Upgraded the VMware tools, VM's hardware on all the VM's as a part Upgrade process.
• VM creation capable file systems including VMFS and NFS.
• Upgraded Virtual Centers to vSphere and created a linked mode environment for VC's
• Migrating Virtual Machines across various VMware products like ESXi, GSX server, Workstation and VMware server.
• Experience with x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like Blade Servers, rack-mounted Servers, TowerServers, Desktop, Laptop and other peripherals
• Experience in Network LAN/WAN deployment, including IP Addressing and Troubleshooting.
• Administering and managing Windows server Active Directory services, DHCP and DNS servers.
• Updating servers with latest service packs, security patches and antivirus definitions.
• Expertise in DHCP, WINS, DNS and Active Directory.
• Experience in configuration and maintenance of LAN/WAN on CISCO Routers and Switches.
• Experience with high availability and disaster recovery solutions and tools, including clustering, load balancing
• Migrated user's data among different windows servers for data center migration project. Mapped shared drives for users data after data migration. Data migration was done using tools like Robocopy/Richcopy and scripts as well.
• Working as a GAP Analyst to support internal customers with SOW's (Statement of Work) regarding new server builds (Win32bit and Win64bit, clustered and standalone, physical and virtual), existing server upgrades, Admin access, Active directory OU creation, and AD group creation
• Created Backup policies and scheduling backup Jobs using Symantec Net Backup and Net Backup Exec, VERITAS Backup, NT Backup and IBM robotic tape drives.
• Hands on Experience in providing Production support on 24/7 for Windows Servers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0VMware vSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.0 , Virtual Center Server 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0. , VMware HA, DRS and FT, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Converter 5/4/3, VMware Converter boot CD.

Operating System: Windows 2012R2/2008R2/2003 Servers,Windows 7/Vista/XP, Ubuntu Linux, RedHat Linux.

Servers: IBM x3850/x3950 Servers, HP Blade Servers, HP Proliant ML & DL series 580, 380, 360, Compaq Proliant 3000/5500 Series Servers, Wintel Servers.

Storage: IBM XIVs, EMC Centerra.

BackupSoftware: Symantec NetBackup and Backup exec, Vranger Pro, Veeam tools and VMware.

SystemsMgmt: Microsoft SCCM 2012 and 2007, HP iLO, Raritan Dominion KVM Switches, IBM XIV Management studio and EMC Management.

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2005.

DocumentationApps: MS Visio, MS Project, MS Office 2010/ 2007/2003.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VMware Engineer

Confidential, Fremont, CA

Responsibilities:

• Hands-on experience in Deployment, requirement gathering, Installation, administration.
• Successfully configured ESX servers for HA and DR capabilities.
• Configured and deployed Cisco computing clusters with VMware ESXi 5.5 and vCenter 5.5.
• Experienced in applying monthly updates to windows servers 2003/2008R2/2012 versions.
• Maintained and troubleshooted windows servers windows 2003, 2008R2 and 2012 versions Creating disk spaces for windows servers.
• Performing physical to virtual servers (P2V) migration without downtime.
• Involved in performing Vmotion and Vstorage administration for successful data migration.
• Maintaining Backups of the VM's, taking snapshots
• Managing VM's by vSphere Clinet and Web Client.
• Upgraded 100+ ESX hosts from ESX 5.0 to ESX 5.5 using VMware Update Manager tool.
• Administration of user and group accounts and providing appropriate rights to user accounts according to their requirements.
• Installation and configuration of EMC Power Path in ESXi for SAN Storage Path optimization.
• Use of HP ILO for the debugging and troubleshooting of servers in a datacenter remotely.
• Involved in creation of virtual switches and configuration of NIC for a clustered environment
• Administration,VMwareconfiguration and Administration, Network devices, Security devices for datacenter.
• Understanding and experience SAN concepts, snapshots, clustering and fail-over, filePermission management and disaster recovery.
• Successfully deployed and tested Disaster recovery solutions for selected business applications using EMC
• UsedVMwareUpdate Manager to install critical and locally tested updates to the ESX Host.
• Grouped physical disks into logical volumes dynamically sized and resized volumes to fit in the application.
• Troubleshooted network issues between Distributed vSwitch, Layer 2 switches and resolved slow performance between SAN network and VM networks
• Responsible for day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades forWindows servers and VMWare.
• Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.

Environment: VMware ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0, vSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0, vCenter 5.5/5.1/5.0, MS Windows Server 2012 R2/2008 R2/2003, Clusters, SAN, NIC, EMC, Virtual Switches.

Windows / VMware Administrator

Confidential, CA

Responsibilities:

• Administrated server consolidation program through use of VMware ESX server and VMware Virtual Center, using Virtual Center, ESX, creating VMs, building VM templates and customization files, and scheduling tasks,Configured DNS, DHCP
• Performed Data Center Migration of Physical Servers to Virtual Servers (P2V).
• Configuring HA/DRS related advanced configuration settings per VMware Best practices
• Configuring VMFS based storage in virtual center
• Configuring virtual networking related security, traffic shaping and load balancing policies
• Created standard templates and deployed virtual machines from these templates
• Involved in operational support of Active Directory, WINS, DNS, and AD enabled applications.
• Deploying HA & DRS Cluster, Managing cluster resources.
• Monitoring vBlock Hardware health/Availability status and event alarms for Incident Management
• Understanding and experience with DAS, SAN and NAS concepts, snapshots, clustering and fail-over, file
• Management of LAN/WAN infrastructure as a member of Network Monitoring Team
• Upgraded 100+ ESX hosts from ESX 4.0 to ESX 5.0 using VMware Update Manager tool.
• Creating and configuring Standard Switch (vSwitch), VM Kernel Ports, VM ports, Service console ports and NIC teaming through vCenter Server.
• VNX Block Storage Provisioning and Management and integration with vSphere
• Backup administration using Symantec BackupExec and Symantec NetBackup.
• Performed data center Migration & Maintained data center Environment
• Monitoring vBlock Hardware health/Availability status and event alarms for Incident Management
• Conduct Windows server implementation, migration and patching as to ensure minimal impact.
• VMAX and VNX storage system Implementation and administration in VMware environment.
• Experienced deploying VMs using VMware templates.
• Installation Vcenter server and Configuring ESXi - host's within the cluster using VMotion and HA.
• Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory
• Administered user accounts, domain accounts, administrative rights, security, and distribution groups with Active Directory.
• Created many PowerShell scripts to improve processes and efficiencies.
• Participated/coordinated Weekly Status meetings and reported on the project status, Incident Reports and Change Management for the transition process.

Environment: VMware ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0, vSphere 5.1/4.x, vCenter 5.1/4.x, Wintel Servers, MS Windows Server 2012/2008 R2/2003, Windows 8/7/XP, Active Directory, DNS, TCP/IP, SQL Server 2005, Remedy, Exchange 2007, SAN, NAS, VMAX and VNX.

VMware Administrator

Confidential, Decatur, TX

Responsibilities:

• Developed and enhanced an enterprise wide VMware and x86 hardware standard for multi-site organization including ESX/ESXi, Windows 2000/2003/2008 OS and server built standards.
• Designed and Implemented virtualization solutions based on VMware ESX 3, 3.5 and vCenter Server components and managed virtual center permissions.
• VM migration across cluster level using V2V, Mount files option and SCP.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Configured windows clustering for vCenter server high availability.
• Implementation of different Host Profiles for Multiple Clusters across Multiple Data centers.
• Worked with system, network, security, and storage engineering teams to prepare and configure new servers for the VMware ESX environment.
• Performed backup and recovery of all systems, configurations, applications and data in the data center environment using Netback up and other backup and recovery systems.
• Administered VMware environment, evaluated and implemented new hardware and software solutions that benefited architecture and operations.
• Identified and fixed ESX performance bottlenecks by working with clients and other teams.
• Configured NFS server to share resources across multiple servers.
• Resolved Production Server problems related to web applications, Cluster failover, File system, DNS and network connectivity.
• Implemented successful recovery by VMware SRM 5.0 (Planned Migration, Disaster Recovery) and eliminated the complexity of managing and testing recovery plans.
• Installed and configured vCenter update manager for installing ESXi patches and also to upgrade ESXiKernel.
• Took active part in troubleshooting vCenter and ESXi issues and also in system hardware failures.
• Migrating infrastructure VMs from VSphere ESXi hosts.
• Configuration of VMotion, vSwitch, and VLAN in VMware Virtual center.
• Created resource pools and added VM's into the pools

Environment: VMware ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0, vSphere 5.0/4.x, vCenter 5.0/4.x,Wintel Servers,MS Windows Server 2008 R2/2003, Windows 7/XP, Active Directory, HP Proliant DL and Blade Servers.

Windows/VMware Administrator

Confidential, DL

Responsibilities:

• Created Virtual Machines and Installed VMware Tools
• Provided physical to virtual migrations for servers utilizing VMware Converter, Vizioncore.
• Configured DNS, DHCP.
• Managed & Troubleshooted Virtual Network issues
• Worked on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC.
• Patched all Windows servers and workstations with updates through WSUS server with Company standards
• Customized 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain.
• Interacted with different teams to meet the deadlines and participated in weekly meetings Developed network management processes within the ITIL v3 Framework with the team.
• Documented Disaster Recovery & Data Center Security Plan for Marc Jacobs IT Infrastructure
• Management of LAN/WAN infrastructure as a member of Network Monitoring Team.
• Responsible for support, Implementation and troubleshooting the LAN/WAN and security infrastructure.
• Implemented Layered security using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports and setting the user ports in non-trunking mode.
• Good experience at Network Architecture, IP Sub netting and Routing Policies.
• Managed systems configuration and maintenance, problem troubleshooting, system and program security, applications and program management, planning and directing upgrades, and testing operations to ensure optimum system functionality.
• Provided design, implementation, administration and support of Windows 2000 Active Directory and Windows NT legacy domain.
• Investigated new technologies, software, patches, and security packages, which will improve system performance and systems administration procedures.
• Managed and supported Windows NT/2000/2003 Active Directory domain network in multi-locations.
• Documentation of end-user workstation for troubleshooting tips and maintenance procedures for help desk.

Environment: VMwareESX 3.5/4.0/4.1, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0, vSphere 4.x, Windows Server 2008/2003, Active Directory 2003, SQL Server 2008/2005, HP ProLiant Servers.

Windows system Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed the Windows 2000/2003 Servers in the organization with over 50 clients.
• Created the user accounts and profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory, a directory service which contains information of all user accounts and which optimizes the network traffic.
• It provides the user logon and authentication services using Kerberos.
• Administered the Group Policy, a collection of permissions, security and rights which can be applied on sites domains and OU's.
• Also used group policy to automatically upgrade, repair software installation online.
• Provide Remote support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft remote desktop connection.
• Managed the member server, a server which hosts services like IIS, DNS, and DHCP.
• Protected the organization's network from unwanted traffic coming from the internet using ISA Server which is a proxy server and a web caching server.
• Provided the backup and recovery of the files and data, worked on Windows Firewall, Terminal server, troubleshooting the computer related problems..
• Environment: Windows 2000/2003 Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP & FTP), Managing the Domain and the Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management, File Sharing.
• Configure printers and install drivers, Install approved software, Configure virtual machines, and configure DHCP and static IP addresses on workstations.
• Responded to and resolved system generated alerts related to operating system performance, services, network connectivity, accessibility, and client requested monitoring requests from SCOM, HP Openview., HP Operations Manager. Responsible for installations, configurations, upgrades on their desktops from WIN XP to Windows Vista.

Environment: Windows 2003/2000/NT Servers, Active Directory, DNS, TCP/IP, Network Printers, Windows XP.