SUMMARY

• 7+ years of experience in Storage Administration especially in HITACHI, HP & EMC supporting multiple platforms and applications.
• Experience in administration of critical SAN environment
• Expertise in Hitachi 9585, 9980v, USP100, USP1100, USPV and VSP Storage Arrays.
• Expertise in HP P9500, XP24K, HP XP12K, HP XP1024 & HP XP128 Storage Arrays.
• Expertise in EMC Clariion arrays.
• Expertise in Brocade Director switches.
• Expertise in Cisco Director switches.
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of Storage Area Networks in a heterogeneous environment using Hitachi and HP Enterprise and Midrange storage arrays
• Expertise in local and remote replication of data for business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience of working on Hitachi local replication technology like Shadow Image and Business Access.
• Experience of working on DR replication technology True Copy and HUR.
• Experience of working on DR replication technology Continuous Access and Universal Replicator.
• Expertise on Virtualization by connecting Storage arrays behind Hitachi Enterprise Storage by Universal volume manager and Migrating data using HTSM tool using HCS.
• Experience installing and Upgrading with HCS.
• Installing multipathing tools like HDLM and MPIO.
• Resolving performance issues at SAN level using Tuning Manager and Performance Advisor tools.
• Strong in providing SAN security using Zoning.
• Extensive experience on storage provisioning Zoning, LUN creation, Mapping, Masking.
• Proficient in configuring the Fiber Channel components/features into a production SAN.
• Strong in Storage Provisioning on Hitachi & HP arrays
• Excellent experience with Storage Navigator, Fabric Manager, Device Manager.
• Experience in understanding and troubleshooting the complex technical issues related to storage.
• Proficient in learning new technologies and quickly adaptable to new environment.
• Excellent analytical problem solving, communication, knowledge transfer and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with individuals at all levels.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAN Switches: Brocade Director Switches, 48000 and Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, 9506, and 9140. Cisco MDS 9513, MDS 9509, MDS 9506, MDS 9222i, MDS 9148, MDS 9134

Hardware: Hitachi Hitachi VSP, USP V, USP1100, USP600, 9585, Hitachi AMS2500, AMS 2300, AMS 2100, HUS 150, HUS130 HP P9500, XP24K, XP12K, HPXP1024, HP XP128 EMC Clariion.

Applications / Software: HDS Storage Navigator 2, Storage Navigator, Device Manager, SNM2, Tuning Manager, HUR, Shadow Image, True Copy, UVM, HORCM HP Command View, HP Command View XP AE, HP Performance Advisor, EMC Navisphere, Cisco Fabric Manager & Brocade Web Tool.

Operating Systems: Red Hat Linux (RHEL 5.5), Solaris 10/9/8, HP - UX 11/10.2, AIX 6.1/5.3, VMware ESX 4.1/3.5, Windows 2003/2000, NT

Backup Tools: VERITAS NetBackup.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Harrisburg PA

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administrated Hitachi VSP and USP storage arrays.
• Managed and administrated Hitachi AMS 2000 and HUS storage arrays
• Managed and administrated EMC Clarrion storage array
• Managed Cisco switch, created VSAN, added members to zones, added zones to zone set and activated zone set using command line interface.
• Configure Dynamic Provisioning on Hitachi Enterprise and Midrange storage arrays.
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi /HP external storage for externalizing and migrating EMC storage to Hitachi storage array using Virtualization and HTSM tools.
• Storage Provisioning on Hitachi VSP through Storage Navigator 2.
• Storage Provisioning on Hitachi USP arrays through Storage Navigator
• Storage Provisioning on Hitachi AMS arrays through Storage Navigator Modular 2.
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Hi Command device manger.
• Configured data migration using external storage.
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Shadow Image.
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Universal Replicator.
• Configuration of the CCI server for the HORCM files.
• Managing EMC Clariion storage arrays using EMC Navisphere.
• Experience with handling of the production support ticketing.
• Troubleshooting performance using Hitachi Tuning Manager.
• Created and updated the storage Documentation.
• Problem analysis and Capacity planning. Monitor the storage environment. Set up the alerts and create the logs. Set up the user accounts on storage devices.
• Installation of Fiber adapters, installation of Fiber switches, Zoning.
• Health monitoring of SAN components. Collect the data for trending. Create daily logs, perform capacity planning.
• Updated SAN configuration inventory and installation documentation. Technical review of the hardware, software, mitigating risk and the deployment process.

Environment: Hitachi VSP, USP VM, HUS150/130, AMS 2500, HTnM, HDvM, HDP, HDT, HUR, Shadow Image, True Copy, UVM, Tiered storage Manager, EMC Clarrion CX240, Navisphere, CISCO 9K, Brocade 8510/48K/5000, BNA.

Confidential, Saline, MI

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration and Configuration of storage environment comprising of HP P9500 XP24K, XP12K & XP1024 storage arrays using HP Command View XP.
• Administration and Configuration of Brocade 48000 using Brocade Web Tools.
• Performed daily tasks which include creating Luns, LUSE and assigning them to windows Linux, HP-UX hosts.
• Establishing SAN Security using Zoning & Masking.
• Install & Configure Business Copy for Local replication
• Install & Configure Continuous Access and Universal Replicator for Remote replication
• Configuring, troubleshooting & performing Zoning on Brocade Switches using Web Tools.
• Configure and management of performance of the storage using HP performance advisor
• Documented SAN/Storage Environment including Fiber Channel Port documentation
• Monitoring Events & translating them to a readable format.
• Working Knowledge of HP XP Performance Advisor
• Created reports using HP XP Documentation Tool.
• Setting up the SAN environment for development & testing needs.
• Troubleshooting the problems remotely.
• Allocation & Deallocation of luns on Server using Command View.

Environment: HP P9500 XP24K, XP12K & XP1024, Command View XP, Business Copy, Continuous Access, Universal Replicator, Performance Advisor Brocade 48K/5000, Cisco 9513/9216.

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administrated Hitachi 9980v, 9970 models.
• Managed and administrated Sun 9990 (Hitachi Branded) series models.
• Managed and administrated Hitachi AMS 1000 & AMS 500.
• Install and configure Brocade San Switches at both Primary & DR site
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Shadow Image
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi True Copy (sync)
• Configuration of the CCI server for the HORCM files
• Experience in Storage Provisioning using Storage Navigator
• Creating LUSE & assigning LDEVS through storage navigator
• Following change control procedures for disk assignment, space allocation, LUN expansion.
• Provided Support and administer assistance within the SAN environments.
• Performed the basic trouble shooting techniques and problem resolution to identify the HBA or driver software problems on Aix, Windows platforms.

Environment: 9980V, 9970, 9990 AMS1000/500, Shadow Image, True Copy, HORCM, SN, SNM, Cisco MDS 9000 Series.

Confidential, Cleveland OH

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• LUN creation and mapping to hosts at storage level on Hitachi 9980v & Sun 9990.
• Manage Sun/Hitachi Lightning Arrays.
• LUN or LDEV Allocation and De-allocation to the server.
• Managing Zoning for all servers on Brocade switches using CLI
• San Switch Migration from MC Data San switch to Brocade San Switch.
• Worked with mounting and unmounting LUNS on different hosts like Windows & Solaris client.
• Designed and implemented highly required storage assignments and mapping and masking the LUNS.
• Management for 500 TB storage and 2000 san ports, installation of Storage Navigator, Hi Command Device Manager.
• Configure replication for Hitachi 9980 array

Environment: 9980V, 9990, SN, Brocade 5000 series, WebTools, True Copy.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Upgradation and configuration of Solaris 9/8 and RedHat Linux OS on Sun Fire Servers, Dell Power edge servers using Jumpstart, Kickstart and CD media.
• Disk Management using different raid technologies in Solaris and Linux using VERITAS Volume Manager and LVM.
• Provide technical support for EMC Symmetrix/CLARiiON systems and applications, VERITAS Global Cluster Server and other high availability products for customers on Sun Solaris, IBM-AIX and HP-UX platforms.
• Troubleshoot all problems related to EMC Symmetrix/CLARiiON systems and applications, VERITAS applications, assist with installs, upgrades, patching, general system administration, scripting, customization and architecture.
• Zoning using Brocade CLI and Brocade Webtools and ECC 5.2, registering hosts, creating RAID groups, binding LUNs, creating Storage groups and providing accessible storage to the respective hosts.
• Configured Emulex and Qlogic HBAs, Installed PowerPath for Window 2000 servers.
• Provided system performance reporting on a regular basis along with keeping all software at current version levels, and maintaining a log of changes for tracking.
• Installed and configured the ORACLE, DB2/UDB Servers and Web Logic servers.
• Creating and Maintaining User Accounts and groups with multi-level security, Performed System Backups and Restores using Ufsdump & Ufsrestore to tape drives.
• Involved in various critical data recovery, off-site disaster recovery tests and document procedures.

Environment: CLARiiON (CX500, CX700), IBM RS/6000, pSeries (p690, p670,p570) with AIX 4.3/5.x, Solaris 2.8/9, Linux, E450, E250 servers, Sun Sparc, Ultra2, Ultra-10&5 workstations, HACMP Clusters, VCS, LPAR, WebSphere Application Server, TSM, VERITAS Netbackup