Summary:

• Design and implementation of global monitoring solution using SCOM, HP SIM and Dell Open Manage.
• High understanding on resource management framework like creation resource pools, adding the VMs into resource pools, P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Experience in migrating VMware ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 vSphere ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0.
• Experience in setting up VMware VMotion, DRS and HA for VMware Clusters.
• Experience in configuring VMware Fault Tolerance FT for critical applications.
• Experience with enterprise backup systems and disaster recovery operations familiarity with SAN technologies solid understanding of VI 3.x,4.x, vSphere 5.0 implementation with shared storage fiber channel, ISCSI, NFS / VMFS strategies for performance and optimization
• Experience in adding NFS and iSCSI data store to VMware vSphere hosts.
• Experience in configuring VMware Host profiles to maintain consistence across hosts in clusters.
• Experience and Familiar with Virtualisation technologies like installing, configuring, administering VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 and 4.0, 4.1, 5.0. Created and managed VMs virtual server and also involved in the maintenance of the virtual server.
• Experience in Active Directory,, DNS, DHCP, File Print Server, IIS Web Server 6.0/7.0/7.5, FTP, Terminal Server, RIS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail Server and ISA Server
• Extensive experience in Windows 2008/2003/2000/NT4.0 Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Systems Administrator with 6 years of extensive industry experience, specializing in implementation, configuration and administration of different Operating systems and VMware for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003/2008 Server.
• HP Proliant Blades BL460C / BL620C Series, HP Blade C3000 Servers, Dell M1000
• Blade Server, Dell PowerEdge R310 Rack Server Series, HP Blade enclosures, Dell
• Rack mounts, HP ML/DL Series
• Expertise with VMware vCenter Lab Manager Products.
• Good experience in monitoring health status of multiple servers using SCOM and troubleshoot them for high availability
• Good experience in working with end users and customers to resolve production issues.
• Good experience in troubleshooting runtime errors on Windows servers.
• Extensive working experience in setting up cluster environment for Load balancing NLB high availability of Windows servers.

Technical Skills:

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and upgraded VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0/4.1/4.0 and ESX server 4.1/4/3.5 in a total of 250 ESX servers, 1500 Servers.
• VMware ESX/ESXi Host Server Installation, Configuration Maintenance.
• Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration Maintenance.
• Configured VMware HA, DRS clusters and capacity planning for new clusters.
• Configured FT for important VM's.
• Updated and upgraded the ESX/ESXi servers using vCenter update manager.
• Created resource pools and added VM's into the pools.
• Worked on ESX and VM storage issues and also coordinated with the storage admin team.
• Performed P2V Hot conversions using converter enterprise 4, 5 and also the P2V cold conversion using VMware Converter Boot CD.
• Completed Physical-to-Virtual P2V , Virtual-to-Virtual V2V and Virtual-to-Physical V2P migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008 as well as Linux servers from VMware.
• Configuration of VMotion, vSwitch, and VLAN in VMware Virtual center.
• Develop, test, and maintain a disaster recovery plan for critical VMs and application data.
• Analyze and troubleshoot on an advanced level, performance of SAN-backed VMware ESX infrastructure.
• Involved in the migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory.
• SAN space allocation for ESX servers host and Scanning and configuring LUN for VMware ESX server.
• Trouble shooting issues related to VMware ESX host, VMware virtual center, HA, DRS, Vpxa, VMware update manager.
• Guest OS template creation and user account management.
• Performed necessary storage infrastructure maintenance in accordance with internal/EMC best practices.
• Updating documentation of complete process.
• Build, configure and deploy VMware Virtual Machines and templates.
• Creating and managing multiple snapshots.
• Ran multiple operating systems at the same time for users using VMware Player.
• Created isolated virtual machine to test new software and application using VMware Player.
• Patching all VMware vSphere ESX i hosts using VMware Update Manager.
• Worked on Disaster Recovery Exercises for DR Plan for Production Servers.
• Analyzed and Implemented OS patches and hot fixes as well as other OS configurations and updates using Blade Logic Patch Management tool.
• Involved in creating vSwitches and created different ports groups for different purposes.
• Maintaining FTP Sites and creating Virtual Directories in IIS7/6.
• Monitoring the operating system, database network by using the monitoring tools.
• Developed technical notes and user guides for new software installations for end users.
• Compaq/HP Blade Server hardware maintenance and HP Insight Manager.
• Provided 24/7 on call support.

Environments: Windows 2000/2003/2008, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESXi 4.0 Server, EMC, VMware vSphere 5.0, ESX 4.0 5.0, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor, Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, HP Blade Server , Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell Power Vault NAS, FLEXCLONE technology, Zywall and Sonic Wall Firewall.

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation, configuration, and administration and troubleshooting on VMware ESX 3.5 4.1 environments including support for Virtual Center management, DRS, HA vMotion.
• Upgraded VMware ESX 3.5 infrastructure to VMware vSphere 4.1 and VMware vCenter 4.1.
• Created virtual machine templates configured sysprep files for customizing operating system deployment.
• Configured Clusters for the ESX hosts and created Anti-Affinity rules in the DRS to either keep the VMs together or separate them on ESX hosts.
• Administered for various State Agencies on the VMware Infrastructure 3.0 /3.5 ESX, ESXi, HP Servers Cisco network devices for the various Data Centers.
• Used Host profiles for ESX hosts to configure multiple number of other ESX hosts in little span of time and to maintain clusters in compliance
• Took active part in troubleshooting VMware vCenter and ESX issues and also in system hardware failures.
• Configured and managed security permissions in virtual center management for access to virtual machines.
• Performed physical to virtual P2V and virtual to virtual V2V migrations using VMware converter.
• Worked on VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates project for enterprise wide.
• Creating and Managing resource pools for VMware Virtual Machine.
• Performed custom Windows OS deployments based on client requirements and also installed various client specific tools.
• Performed Active Directory deployments for client projects and also configured DNS configuration settings, Bridgehead servers for multi-site AD replication.
• Implementation of Microsoft DHCP, DNS, and Domain trust relationship, file and print services, user and group management.
• Participated in the 24x7 On-call support rotation.
• Configuring a segregated iSCSI network solely communication between the virtual hosts and SAN units.
• Writing documentation for standard operating procedures for troubleshooting, configuring, and setting up virtual servers.

Environments: Windows 2008/2003/200, Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, CISCO, NTFS, Dell Power Edge, IBM xSeries, HP Proliant G3, G5 Blade Servers, IIS Servers, VMware ESX 3.5 4.1 Servers.

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting Windows 2003 server administration and Active Directory.
• User Support - Monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server user related problems. Support users to resolve their day to day issues related to Operating System, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all ESX servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network.
• Took active part in troubleshooting VMware vCenter and ESX issues and also in system hardware failures.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, implemented migration of virtual machines using VMotion, Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter and Platespin PowerConvert.
• Hot and cold cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter.
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem
• Managed the installation and configuration of Windows 2000 Server/Workstations.
• Created user and computer accounts on the Active directory users and computers.
• Configured servers for DHCP, WINS and DNS services.
• Installation, configuration and Administration of IIS web servers.
• Provided Norton Antivirus support for virus security.
• Administration of print servers and troubleshooting print jobs.
• Support Training - Provide necessary help / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day to day issues.
• Built servers and installed applications as per the company standards and requirement.
• Upgraded the Firmware of the servers. Participated in mounting, racking and cabling of the servers
• Monitored the servers and troubleshot the server issues
• Resolved the user issues related to Active Directory Users and Groups
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• User Support - Monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server user related problems. Support users to resolve their day to day issues related to OS, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all ESX servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network
• Responsible in diagnosing troubleshooting of VMware ESX and Virtual Center Environments.
• Support Training - Provide necessary help / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day to day issues.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured Window Servers in a single domain Environment.
• Installed, Migrated, Performed troubleshooting on Servers and maintenance of Ethernet network.
• Evaluated existing LAN environment, technical support, reliability of existing equipment and add-on services.
• Upgraded hardware and updated OS on NT File Servers.
• Created User Accounts, Home Directories and Mailboxes depending on the requests from Helpdesk.
• Granted Access to users for Various Resources depending on their group access levels using Distributed File System Admin. Tool.
• Resolved Microsoft Outlook Issues Resolved Account Lockouts, Disabled Accounts.
• Scheduled Backups and restored files depending on the requests from Helpdesk.
• Develop backup, restore and disaster recovery plans for the windows server database.
• Used Crystal Reports to create customized reports and ad hoc reports for Investors and Managers.
• Created other parameterized, sub reports using Reporting Services for decision making.
• Deploy reports on the dashboard and reporting server.
• Provide 24/7 production support for the application.

Environment: Windows 2003 and 2000 Server-Active Directory, DNS/DHCP/TCP-IP/IIS, Windows 98/2000/XP, Clustering, RAID configuration for servers, Antivirus software support.