SUMMARY

• 6+ years of experience in installing, configuring, developing, maintaining, implementing and supporting Unix and IBM AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1/7.1 as AIX System Administrator
• Experience on Advance Power Virtualization, creating and administering LPAR, DLPAR, VIO Servers, Management through HMC
• Experience with creating and configuring SEAs, Virtual Fiber Channel in dual VIO environment
• Experience in Storage, Disk Management, Logical Volume Management and Logical Partitioning on pSeries hardware
• Experience with setting up NIM servers and performing OS installations using LPP source, mksysb image
• Operating System(AIX) level experience in database migration from SUN, HP - UX to AIX
• Experience in refreshing test environment data with production data using XIV snapshots provided by Storage Admin
• Experience in Installation of Mozilla Firefox on AIX
• Experience in backup and restore of VIOS from NIM server
• Experience with Upgrading and Migrating AIX 5.3 to 6.1 and applying patches and fixes (APAR's and PTF's)
• Knowledge in Power HA 6.1 to Power HA 7.1.3 migration
• Knowledge of Networking (TCP/IP, Ethernet), NIS, DNS, NFS, DHCP, SMTP
• Perform mksysb installation and backup using NIM server
• Experience in Live Partition Mobility (LPM)
• Good communication skills, detail oriented and problem solving

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: AIX 5.x/6.1/7.1, VIOS 2.2.2.2; 2.2.3.4, Windows XP/Vista/7

Hardware: IBM pSeries/RS-6000, Network Interface Cards

Network: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, FTP, SSH, Telnet, SMTP

Database Software: Oracle 9i/8i/10g/11i, MS-SQL Server, MS-Access

Languages: HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, C, XML, UNIX Shell Scripts

Tools: /Application: HACMP 6.1, 7.1, Monitoring Tools, MS Office.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, TX

AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Build AIX Servers, setup File Systems for Data Base migration
• Create profiles with Memory, Processors as per the requirement from DBA team
• Configure SAN storage devices in AIX using Virtual Fiber channel (VFC)
• Install and configure AIX servers
• Consolidate and raise XIV, Hitachi storage requests as per the Database size
• Setup file systems for DB’s, and assign required permissions, ownership to oracle user
• Export/ Un-export the File systems to servers where the DB is migrating from
• Monitor server performance - CPU utilization, paging, memory utilization, and load on server
• Performance tuning for AIX LPAR’s.
• Provide support in AIX Administration for Oracle consolidation.
• Provide AIX support to DBA team.
• Work on Incidents, tasks and Change requestsassigned in BMC Remedy Force
• Verify the scheduled backups of AIX OS and VIOS to NIM
• Perform firmware, microcode, VIOS and HMC upgrades
• Work on Logical volume management (LVM), File System Management
• Perform Live Partition Mobility (LPM)
• Put the nodes in maintenance in spectrum before scheduled changes are performed
• Handle alerts/alarms in Spectrum - CA monitoring tool
• Mount the NAS shares
• Perform DB refreshes as required - Refresh the test database with data from production database using XIV snapshots with the help of storage team

Environment: AIX V6.1, VIOS 2.2.3.4, IBM P740, P8, HMC, SEA, Virtual Fiber Channel

Confidential, Yonkers, NY

AIX-Resident Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed VIOS 2.2.2.2 on P7+ hardware
• Configured Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA) with LACP (link aggregation control protocol) configuration and tested SEA failover
• Configured Virtual Fibre Channel (NPIV) in dual Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and dual VIOS environment
• Mapped virtual fibre channel (VFC) client adapters to VFC server adapters and then to ports on two different physical fibre channel adapters
• Configured tuning parameters on Shared Ethernet adapters (SEA) and physical fiber channel adapters
• Scheduled monthly backup of VIOS and scheduled weekly backup of virtual and logical configurations
• Created logical partitions (LPAR’S) and virtual adapters using Hardware Management Console (HMC)
• Installed AIX 7.1 on SAN boot disks using NIM server
• Worked on Logical Volume Management (LVM), file systems, paging space, Network file system (NFS), and sendmail configuration
• Mirrored VIOS root volume group
• Worked on NPIV mapping and path missing issues
• Monitored server using performance tools and worked on user administration
• Defined NIM clients, allocated lpp source, spot and performed the installation
• Performed mksysb installation and backup using NIM server
• Installed and configured Power HA (HACMP) 7.1 two node cluster
• Knowledge of moving Lpar from one management system to other using Live partition mobility(LPM)

Environment: AIX 7.1, V6.1, VIOS 2.2.2.2, IBM P770, HMC, SEA, Virtual Fiber Channel, Power HA System Mirror 7.1, 6.1, LPM

Confidential, Collegeville, PA

UNIX-AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Created and configured LPARS/DLPARS on pSeries (Power5/6/7) hardware
• Installation and configuration of VIO servers
• Backing up VIO servers and HMC
• Defined virtual FC, virtual Ethernet adapters and created VIO client adapters from HMC and mapped them
• Configured NIM server and NIM clients’ and performed OS installation and OS backup (mksysb) for the clients from NIM server
• Updating firmware on P740s by using HMC
• Supported SAP applications (CRM/SRM/BW/EP) running on AIX and helped basis team with installations and patching
• Created vfchosts on VIO and mapped them using NPIV to allocate SAN storage
• Have written Technical Installation Plans, Technical installation reviews and LINS Local Instructions
• Coordinating with testing team and basis team to solve IRS’ (Incident Raised) under change control
• Performed installation, periodic maintenance updates and applied APAR fixes
• Activities include user administration; startup and shutdown scripts; crontabs, file system maintenance and backup scripting and automation
• Administered the UNIX System for clustered AIX Servers running HACMP and dynamic LPARs with fiber attached SAN storage

Environment: AIX 5.3, 6.1 p550, p570, p595, Oracle 10i, SAN, NIM, NFS, HACMP

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

AIX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Installation, Configuration Management and Maintenance of AIX Systems
• Used the LVM extensively; Created/Modified/Deleted Volume Groups, Logical Volumes and File systems; Added/Removed physical disks; Mirrored Volume Groups and Logical Volumes
• Administering NIM environment
• Administering and troubleshooting of AIX HACMP Cluster
• Monitor error logs for problem determination
• Solved hardware and software problems
• Setup of print queues and definition printing and plotting devices
• Setup NFS between IBM, workstations and servers
• Configured the printers with the use of admin tool and command level
• Implemented Crontab, Shell Scripts for automatic back - up
• Setup NIM and install clients
• Actively involved in operation, maintenance and integrity of a distributed, networked AIX based environment
• Applying software maintenance, program fixes and keeping the system software releases current
• Performed User Account management, data backups, and users’ logon support
• Was responsible for providing support on 24/7 basis

Environment: AIX 5.2, 5.3, p550, p570, p595, LPAR, HACMP, HMC, Tivoli Storage Manager, IBM HTTP Server

Confidential

UNIX-AIX System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installation and maintenance of AIX 5.x servers
• Administrator of IBM servers running AIX 5.2/5.3 for support of PeopleSoft. Financials and HRMS Environment on Oracle
• IBM System Software Maintenance AIX System Dump Generation and sending System Dump to AIX System Support Center
• Monitored the AIX system error reports and log files and if needed trouble shoot the AIX system in order to maintain efficient operations
• Logical Volume Management (LVM) of AIX
• Added another hard-drive to the AIX Server and used the AIX logical volume manager to create a volume group, which was then partitioned into logical volumes
• Defined Virtual adapters like Virtual Fiber Channel and Virtual Ethernet Adapters
• Created VIO Client Adapters from HMC and mapped them
• Configured HACMP clusters for database on P595 and regularly contacting IBM to solve critical HACMP related issues

Environment: AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,Windows 2000, Oracle, Visual Basic 5.0, Developer 2000, Unix Shell Scripting