SUMMARY

• Over 7+ years of experience in SAN/NAS administration and Management, Backup and Disaster Recovery implementation and experience in VMware Administration and System/Network Administration.
• Experience in implementing, managing and configuring various storage systems using FC, NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FCOE protocols.
• Expertise on EMC storage systems like V - MAX 10K/20K/40K, DMX- 4/3/3000/2000 , VPLEX, VNX 7500/5700, CLARIIONs CX-4, CX-3, CX-700 and management tools like Unisphere for VMAX/VNX, SMC, SPA, SymCLI, ECC, Navisphere Manager, Fabric Manager, Connectrix Manager.
• Installation, Configuration and implementation of NetApp FAS-series and V-series filers.
• Implemented Snapmirror as a DR solution and SnapVault as Backup solution and also involved in data migrations between filers/Vfilers.
• Experience on Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode and upgrading NetApp filers.
• Expertise in Cisco Director switches including MDS 9500 and 9100 series, and Brocade DCX & 48000.
• Extensive experience on Cisco Device Manager, Fabric Manger, Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager, and Brocade web tools.
• Installed and Configured VMware vCenter4.0 and 2.5, ESX 4.0, ESX 3.5, ESX3.0, ESXi 3.5 for High Availability, DRS, VMotion.
• Experience in local and remote replication technologies like EMC TimeFinder (Snaps/Clones), SnapView (Snapshots/Clones), SRDF, MirrorView, NetApp SnapMirror, SnapVault, SnapRestore and SMVI.
• Experience in migration technologies like OpenReplicator, SanCopy, OpenMigrator, PPME, LVM, Robocopy and Snapmirror.
• Hands on experience in implementing compression and deduplication technologies on various platforms EMC and NetApp NAS arrays.
• Experience in Backup products like EMC Networker, DataDomain, Avamar, Symantec Netbackup.
• Experience in Design, Implementation and Management of enterprise disaster recovery planning tasks for storage and backup infrastructure.
• Good knowledge on Win 2K/Win 2K3 networks, Active Directory and TCP/IP protocols.
• Problem solving, task prioritization, communication and organization skills.
• 24x7 on Call Support for Troubleshooting.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Array: EMC Clarion CX400, CX-3, CX-4, VNX 5300, EMC Symmetrix DMX 4/3/2000, VMAX, EMC Celera and EMC Networker.NetApp FAS6000, FAS3000, FAS2000, V6000, V3000, V2000

SAN Switches: Cisco MDS 9506, 9509, 9513, 9124, 9148 and Brocade 48000, 5100, 5300

Storage Management Software: EMC Software Product Suite, Navisphere Manager, Navisphere Analyzer, EMC control center, Replication Manager, Symcli, Navicli.NetApp FilerView, NetApp CLI, NetApp System Manager, NetApp Operations Manager, SMVI, Data Fabric Manager, SAN Screen.

Protocols: TCP/IP, LAN, WAN and Fiber ChannelNFS, CIFS, iSCSI, FC

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8/9/10, IBM AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3. UNIX Administration, Red Hat Linux (RHEL4).Windows 2000 server, Windows XP/NT, Windows Vista, VMware.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAN Administrator

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Environment: EMC V-MAX, DMX-4, CLARiiON CX 4-960, CX 3-80, VNX 5700, NetApp FAS6240/6280, V3240/3120, Navisphere Manager 6, Symmetrix Management Console 7.1, Symcli 7.1, EMC Control Center, ECC Storage Scope, ECC Performance Manager, Unisphere, SRDF, Timefinder, PowerPath, FilerView, NetApp System Manager, Operations manager, NetApp Management Console, Cisco 9509, Windows, HP-UX, Sun Solaris and VMware ESX.

Responsibilities:

• Worked in maintenance and administration of SAN, NAS Arrays which include EMC V-MAX, DMX-4, CLARiiON (CX 4-960, CX 3-80), VNX 5700, NetApp FAS6240/6280, and V3240/3120.
• Performed daily administrative tasks like storage allocation using thin provisioning, automated provisioning from V-MAX to Windows, UNIX, Sun Solaris, HP-UX and ESX servers in clustered environment and standalone environments.
• Created aggregates/volumes/qtrees/luns and storage provisioning using CIFS shares and NFS export.
• Good working experience in creating NetApp Flex Clones, Snapshots, Quotas, Vfilers and also configuring storage arrays.
• Establish NetApp SnapMirror relationship between filers as a DR solution, Snapvault as an archiving solution and also involved in storage migrations between filers/Vfilers.
• Performed storage Migrations from Symmetrix DMX-3, CLARiiON CX 3-80 to Symmetrix V-MAX using Open Replicator, NetApp FAS2200 series to FAS6200 using VMWARE storage VMotion, SnapMirror.
• Established RDF pairing between DMX4 and VMAX for data migrations, business continuity and disaster recovery using SRDF/S/A.
• Migrating storage from Clariion CX3-80 to VNX 5700 using SAN Copy.
• Worked in administration of SAN and NAS infrastructure using Navisphere Manager, Symcli, SMC, EMC Control Center, Unisphere, FilerView, NetApp System Manager, Operations manager, NetApp Management Console, SMVI, Cisco Fabric Manager and Device Manager
• Created Array/Host reports in ECC Storage scope for capacity planning and performance reports in ECC Performance Manager, Symmetrix Performance Analyzer, and Operations Manager.
• Configured BCV’s and Clones using Time finder tool for data backup and testing environments.
• Cabled up the Fiber Channel cables from host to switches, switches to storage in the environment.
• Worked in troubleshooting various issues like unseen LUNs, path failure etc.
• Provided Documentation and Methodology for all processes within Enterprise storage department.

SAN Administrator

Confidential, Houston, TX

Environment: EMC V-MAX, DMX-3/2000, CLARiiON CX3-80, Celerra NS-960, VPLEX, Cisco 9509/9216/9513 , NetApp FAS6200/FAS3200/Vseries, Symmetrix Management Console, Symcli, EMC Control Center, ECC Storage Scope, ECC Performance Manager, Celerra Manager, SRDF.

Responsibilities:

• Performed Data Migrations from Symmetrix DMX-3/2000, Clariion CX3-80 to Symmetrix V-MAX using PPME (Host Based), Open Replicator and AIX-LVM technologies.
• Configured and managed VPLEX in the environment.
• Configured the NAS shares (CIFS, NFS) from EMC Celerra, creating Snapshots on the volumes and clones.
• Created aggregates/volumes/qtrees and storage provisioning using CIFS shares and NFS export.
• Involved in initial configuration/setup of the filers and also implemented Snapmirror as a DR solution.
• Hands on experiences on Snapshots, Clones, Upgrades, replacing failed disks and other hardware components.
• Handled SAN infrastructure migrations from Cisco MDS 9509 to Cisco MDS 9513 in a Core-Edge architecture with backend EMC storage
• Upgraded Cisco SAN Switch firmware’s and managed the switches for day to day operations.
• Worked in the administration of SAN infrastructure using Symcli, SMC, Navisphere Manager, Celerra Manager, Cisco Fabric Manager and Device Manager.
• Installed and configured EMC control center environment for two datacenters and discovered the whole environment (Hosts, Switches and Arrays) for management and reporting purposes.
• Created host, array reports in ECC Storage scope for capacity planning and performance reports in ECC Performance Manager for application performance notification.
• Provided Documentation and Methodology for all processes within Enterprise Storage department.

SAN Engineer

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Environment: Symmetrix DMX-3, Clariion CX3-80, CX3-40, CX700/500, NetApp FAS 270, 960, and 3040 series, Brocade 5300 and 48000, Veritas Netbackup, Brocade FOS, Brocade Web Tools, EMC Connectrix Manager, Solutions Enabler, Timefinder, Symmetrix Management Console, Navisphere Manager, NetApp DATA ONTAP, FilerView, NetApp System manager, Operations Manager, EMC PowerPath, SAN surfer and HBA anywhere.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to manage EMC Symmetrix and EMC CLARiiON Storage Arrays for the day-to-day operations.
• Involved in various data migration projects from CLARiiON CX500/700 to CX 3-40 using SAN Copy.
• Established RDF pairing(SRDF/S and SRDF/A) between symmetrix DMX-3 arrays for data migrations, and as a disaster recovery solution.
• Worked on performance analysis using SPA and NaviAnalyzer.
• Day to day disk allocation and management of LUNS from the EMC CLARiiON storage to servers using EMC Navisphere Manager and EMC Symmetrix Storage Arrays using ECC.
• Creating, Configuring, and Managing CIFS and NFS shares on NetApp arrays.
• Creation of Aggregate, Traditional Volume, Flex Volume and Flex Clone using Data Ontap 6.5.
• Migrated Data using SnapMirror and NDMP.
• Trouble-shoot/fixes for storage issues with Windows/ UNIX teams.
• Creation of backup data lists, scheduling the backups with Veritas Netbackup 6.X.
• Performing daily operational tasks like storage provisioning, maintaining availability and necessary storage infrastructure maintenance.
• Configured and administered Fiber Channel Switches (Brocade, Cisco and McData).
• Creating File systems using VERITAS Volume Manager and Logical Volume Manager.
• Installation and maintenance of PowerPath across the environment.
• Troubleshooting the SAN connectivity on different operating systems like Windows, HP-UX and Solaris.

Storage Administrator

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Environment: DMX-3, DMX-4, CLARiiON CX700, CX3-40, NetApp Filer FAS 960, 980, 3040, 3050, Brocade 4900, 5000, 5300, Brocade FOS; ECC 6.0 family, Navisphere Manager, EMC Connectrix Manager, EMC PowerPath, Navisphere Manager, NetApp DATA ONTAP, FilerView, NetApp System manager, Operations Manager, SAN surfer and HBA anywhere.

Responsibilities:

• Experience on working DataOntap 7.3
• Provision Storage, Manage LUN's, initiator groups and initiator requests for EMC CLARiiON’s
• Assign, allocate and expand CLARiiON storage to/on the hosts using Navisphere Manager.
• Worked on NetApp Filer FAS 960, 980, 3040, 3050.
• Storage Provisioning in SAN and NAS environment.
• Working SnapMirror technology for high availability.
• Good experience of using Navisphere 6.2 for Clariion storage provisioning and also familiarity with NaviCLI commands.
• Using SanCopy for migration from CX 600 to CX 380.
• Manage the fabric consisting of and Brocade switches and directors using Brocade FOS and EMC Connectrix Manager.

System Administrator

Confidential

Environment: Solaris, Microsoft Windows Server 2000, XP, SAMBA, NFS, CIFS and Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining user accounts, trouble-shooting their issues.
• Configuring devices and formatting disks as per the requirement.
• Configuring rsh and ssh to automate file transfer between servers.
• Performing Backups by using ufsdump, ufsrestore tar and dd.
• Configuring NFS and giving permissions by using net groups and troubleshooting.
• Adding users to Samba and troubleshooting.
• Mounting Sun and Windows servers and maintaining the inventory.
• Installation & configuration of Solaris operating system as needed by Using Custom Jumpstart
• Add, modify, and delete user/group accounts and set up a user’s work environment and fulfill user’s needs.
• Managing and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2000, XP Environment.
• Managing users. Computers & Groups.
• Performing OS Image with the help of Ghost software for quick installation.
• Adding computers to Domain and trouble shooting.
• Configuring Local Printers and Network Printers, Scanners.
• Installing and configuring devices.
• Managing and Maintaining Access Resources.