SUMMARY:

• Certified HP/EMC Consultant with over 7 years of IT experience which includes Storage, SAN/NASand System administration.
• Excellent Experience in administrating, maintaining and troubleshooting of EMC storage like SymmetrixDMX-2/3/4, V-MAX-40K/20K/10K,VNX 5500/5700, CLARiiON CX-4/CX-3/CXseries andHP 3PAR F200, F400, T400, T800, V400 and V800.
• Expertise in storage provisioning and monitoring of V-MAX,DMX, VNX and CLARiiON using SYMCLI, SMC, ECC, Unisphere for VMAX/ VNX and Navisphere respectively to various operating systems.
• Experience in SAN expansion in Brocade and Cisco fabrics and SAN migration between Brocade and Cisco.
• Experience in Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, 9506 directors and 9140/9222i switches. Configuring VSAN's, device/FC alias, zones and zonesets using Cisco CLI, Fabric Manager.
• Experience in Brocade DCX/48K directors and 4100/4900/5100/5300 switches. Configuring alias, zones and zonesetsusing with Brocade CLI, Web Tools and Data Center Fabric manager DCFM .
• Installation and maintenance of HP 3PAR InForm Management Console, InForm management CLI, System Reporter and Host Explorer Agent.
• Performed HP 3 PAR Peer Motion Migration on Test environments and Production environment.
• Performed Offline and Online Data Migrations using MPX 200.
• Experience in SAN related host connectivity for various Operating systems like Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Windows and VMware.
• Experience with Configuration and Management of EMC Celerra NS 480/704/40G/80G series NAS storage using Celerra Manager and Celerra CLI and also with VNX 5500/5700.
• Hands on experience in administering CIFS and NFS in VNX and Celerra NAS/SAN environments.
• Knowledge on FAST-DP and FAST-VP in VMAX, and FAST in CLARiiON arrays operating on FLARE 30 and also with FAST-Cache on VNX and CX-4 arrays.
• Knowledge with dynamic optimization, adaptive optimization and System Reporter.
• Experiencein design and implementation of remote replication techniques and disaster recovery solutions using SRDF/S/A on VMAX, DMX arrays and MirrorView/S/A on VNX and CLARiiON Arrays.
• Experiencein implementing EMC Business Continuity solutions using Time Finder Clone/Mirror/Snapon VMAX, DMX using SYMCLI and SMCand on VNX and CLARiiONusing NavisphereandNaviSecCLI.
• Experience in implementing array basedmigrations using EMC SymmetrixOpen Replicator, Federated Live Migration FLM ,CLARiiONSanCopy, and host based migrations using EMC Open Migrator, PowerPath Migration Enabler PPME and Logical Volume Manager.
• Proven experience in installing and configuring SYMCLI, ECC, SMC/SPA, Navisphere Manager, NaviCLI.
• Worked on VMwareVSphere 4.x/5.0Installation and virtual machines setup using Virtual Infrastructure client.
• Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX, Solaris,HP-UX, Linux and Windows Operating Systems to support the load balancing and failover features among the HBA's on the system.
• Experience in evaluating SAN architecture policies and procedures to help customers improve their existing SAN infrastructure.
• Possess hands on expertise in troubleshooting day-to-day SAN/Storage and host related issues quickly.
• Good communication skills and capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously with good mentoring skills.

Technical Skills:

Work Summary

Confidential

Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provided Administrative and Data migration services to several HP clients such as HCL CA, Schneider WI, United Water NJ.
• Currently assigned to provide Data Migration services to Fedex, CO.
• Administration of HP 3 PAR storage arrays such as V400, V800, T800, 7000 series and EMC VMAX.
• Re-designed the Online Data Migration structure at the Data Center.
• Successful implementation and execution of the Migrations using 3 MPX 200's across the sites.
• Performed the storage array performance analysis using System Reporter and gathered data.
• Ran Health Check reports of the arrays to validate age, performance and current status.
• Prepared documentation and submitted Health Check reports for the arrays.
• Installation of the MPX 200 and Fiber channel cabling at the Data Center.
• Performed both Online and Offline Data Migrations from EVA's to 3 PAR arrays.
• Prepared documentation on step-by-step process of Online and Offline Migration using MPX200.
• Implemented Remote Copy to perform Remote Replication from T800 to V800 across the datacenters.
• Performed Offline and Online migration testing to verify the geometrical values do not change after migration for Windows, Linux, Solaris and UNIX servers.
• Performed Remediation Analysis for servers to verify compatibility with the 3PAR array using the HP SPOCK.
• Gathered all the required data for migration from VMAX using SMC and SYMCLI commands.
• Prepared the LUN Mapping Spreadsheet for the migration.
• Performed offline migrations using the MPX 200 from EMC VMAX to 3PAR for Windows and Linux hosts.
• Played an instrumental role in troubleshooting the Storage Foundation issues for Windows servers.
• Worked on Cutover steps to move from legacy arrays to 3PAR.
• Performed cleanup activities post migration.
• Completed training in Storage Front Migration Manager with HP Education series.

Environment: 3PAR T800, V800, HP 3PAR 7400,EMC VMAX,Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, Brocade 48K, DS 4100, DS 5300IMC CLI 3.1.1, IMC GUI 4.2.0, IMC GUI 4.4.1, HP MPX Manager, SMC, SYMCLI 7.x.

Confidential

Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration of HP 3 PAR storage arrays such as S800, T800, V800 at the Production site.
• Executed Test Conversions from Fat to Thin Volume for Operating Systems such as Windows, RHEL 5.8, 6.3 and VMWare ESX 5.0, 5.1.
• Followed HP 3PAR Best Practices for the Conversion Process.
• Created Implementation Checklist and Execution documentation before Tests.
• Derived findings from Tests and made appropriate recommendations.
• Prepared Run books for the Test Plan.
• Co-ordinated with the VMWare, Open Systems and the Windows Teams for Preparation and writing Zeros to the volumes.
• Implemented Remote Copy to perform Remote Replication from S800 to V800 within the datacenter.
• Performed Zoning for Testing Purposes.
• Completed Training on Storage Serv at HP Education Series covering topics such as Adaptive Optimization, Dynamic Optimization, Thin features, System Reporter and Best Practices.

Environment: 3PAR S800, T800, V800, HP 3PAR 7400,Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, IMC CLI 3.1.1, IMC GUI 4.2.0, IMC GUI 4.4.1.

Confidential

Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration of HP 3 PAR V400 storage arrays at both Production and Co-Location facility.
• Monitoring and storage allocations for Data Migration testing purposes from CX 3 80, CX 4 480, CX 4 960 and VMAX.
• Hands on experience on QLogic iSR 6200 to perform the Data Migrations.
• Performed Offline and Online Data Migrations using MPX 200 for over 40 TB of Data.
• Upgraded the firmware version and MPX Manager GUI version to 3.4.2.1 and 3.4.2 respectively.
• Uninstalled and Installed New versions of the OC Manager, Update the HBA Drivers, Firmware and BIOS during Data Migration.
• Uninstalled Powerpath and Installed MPIO DSM's for EMC and 3 PAR.
• Implemented Remote Copy to perform Remote Replication from the production site to the Co-Location facility.
• Installation of System Reporter 3.1 V for performance monitoring and reporting.
• Setup new Adaptive Optimization policies on the Node for the new InForm OS 3.1.2
• Co-ordinated with Storage team in San Martin, Mexico to Rack, Install and upgrade of a new HP 3 PAR 7200.
• Performed Zoning and allocations to the backup servers.
• Hands on Experience using the Brocade Network Advisor.
• Worked with HP support to configure Call Home setup feature for T800 and V400 arrays.

Environment: EMC CX3 80, CX4 480, CX 4 960, HP 3 PAR V400, Brocade 48K, Brocade Network Advisor, Unisphere Manager, Symmetrix Management Console, IMC CLI 3.1.1, IMC GUI 4.3.1,

Service Now Server management Tool , Arxview v 2.1.6, MPX Manager.

Confidential

Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration of HP 3 PAR storage arrays which includes storage allocation to T800, V400, CX3 20, CX3 40, CX 500 , EMC VMAX and zoning.
• Involved in bringing up new HP 3 PAR array V400 to production.
• Storage allocation as per the requirements from VMAX, CX3 20, CX3 40.
• Installation of System Reporter v2.9 on the V400 and attach it to MySQL database.
• Involved and implementedend to end Peer Motion Migration on Test and Production Environments.
• Worked on moving low utilized data from FC drives to NL drives using Adaptive Optimization.
• Implemented Adaptive Optimization and generated reports using System Reporter 2.9 and implemented Adaptive optimization policies.
• Created Design and Documentation of the Process and Procedures for Future references.
• Installation and configuration of a new VNXe3150 array to production at the Data Center.
• Co-ordinated with HP authorized personnel to configure Call Home setup feature for T800 and V400 arrays.
• Currently involved in Data Migrationfrom EMC VMAX, Clariion CX 3 20 and CX 3 40 to HP 3 PAR V400 using Oracle ASM.
• Provided support for other projects such as Documentum Upgrade and Shared SQL Server Platform.
• Knowledge in implementing Virtual Copy and Remote Copy Synchronous/Asynchronous periodic.
• Support in creating SAN replication snapshots during the Documentum Upgrade.
• Support along with the Data center operations team for Fiber Channel connectivity to SAN.
• Filed new ideas for Process Improvements in terms of timely updating the process documents, communication and Monitoring.

Environment: EMC VMAX, CX3 20, CX3 40, CX 500, HP 3 PAR T800, V400, Brocade 48K, DS 4100, DS 5300, DS 5100, DS 5000, DCX 4S, Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Manager 6.x, Celerra Manager/CLI, Celerra Replicator, IMC CLI 3.1.1, IMC GUI 4.2.1, Oracle ASM

Confidential

Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Day to day administration which includes storage allocation from VMAX/DMX/VNX, 3PAR arrays and zoning on Brocade and Cisco fabrics.
• Involved in migrating the SAN environment from Brocade 48K to Cisco MDS 9513.
• Migrated terabytes of data from several DMX/CX/IBM/HDS arrays to V-MAX using Open Replicator and Open Migrator.
• Allocated storage using Auto-provisioning of VMAX feature by creating storage groups, port groups, initiator groups and masking views using SymCLI and SMC.
• Implemented Virtual/Thin Provisioning from VMax by creating Data Devices, Thin Devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to the Pool using SYMCLI, SMC and Unisphere.
• Created CPG's, Virtual volume and exported virtual volumes to host and created virtual copies.
• Implemented SRDF/A between VMAX to VMAX and enabled consistency at the RDG Groups. Created Dynamic RDF groups and RDF devices in order to implement SRDF/A using SymCLI.
• Also worked in disaster recovery operations team to perform the DR exercise to check the data consistency at the remote site using failover, update and failback operations.
• Implemented and Configured Business Continuity Solutions Time Finder Mirror/Clone/ Snap for Symmetrix DMX and VMAX.
• Implemented various Business Continuity strategies as per the RPO and RTO requirements of mission critical applications.
• Implemented Replication Manager 5.4 for local replication and remote replication to automate process for VNX and VMAX.
• Actively involved in the design of the migration methods by discussing with system/database administrators and application owners.
• Ran EMCGrab and generated heat reports to troubleshoot SAN storage related issues including identifying the software requirements to bring up the server to the current EMC Standards
• Based on the EMC support matrix, updated required patches Operating System and HBA drivers on all systems that are part of the data migration.
• Allocated storage to VMware ESX, Linux, Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris servers along with clusters from DMX, VMAX, CX and VNX arrays.
• Provisioned storage from VNX 5500/5700 and CLARiiON CX4-480/960 for different servers using Unisphere Manager and Navisphere manager by creating RAID pools/groups, LUNS, Storage Groups.
• Implemented disaster recovery solution MirrorView/A/S for remote replication between CLARiiON CX4-480/960 and CX3-80.
• Implemented FAST VP and Data compression for LUNs and configuring FAST cache on VNX.
• Setup alerts for monitoring of thin pools usage on both CLARiiON and VMAX and expanded the pools accordingly.
• Administration of VNX 5500/5700 and NS 480/ NS 704 NAS Celerra systems including creation of file systems, exporting and mounting CIFS/NFS shares and configuring network interfaces.
• Created CIFS servers, CIFS shares, managed CIFS Files permissions and Share permissions.
• Configured NTP, FTP and SFTP on VNX arrays.
• Setup and configured new Celerra NS480 and migrated CIFS/NFS data from old NS 704 to NS 480 using RSYNC and EMCopy.
• Adding NAS file systems to Net backup policies and monitoring backup status.
• Configured and integrated iSCSI with EMC Celerra NAS for SQL and Exchange environments.
• Responsible for performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and maintaining high availability as per EMC best practices.
• Discovered VMAX, DMX, CLARiiON, Switches and Hosts in the ECC Console.
• Administration of ECC, monitoring alerts, set data collection policies and alert thresholds, responsible for testing and verifying device configuration recommendation to enhance EMC array performance.
• Involved in the installation and configuration of ECC 6.1 and took care of installing the agents for the hosts in the production.

Environment:EMC VMAX 20K/10K, DMX-4/DMX-3, HP 3PAR T400, VNX5500/5700, CLARiiON CX4-480/960, CX3-80, NS 480, Brocade 48K, Cisco MDS 9513, SYMCLI 7.x/6.x, SMC 7.1, ECC 6.1, Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Manager6.x, SRDF/A, Time Finder Mirror/Clone/Snap, MirrorView, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, Brocade Web Tools/CLI/DCFM, Cisco CLI/ Fabric Manager, Celerra Manager/CLI, Celerra Replicator, EMC PowerPath, AIX 5.3/6.x, Solaris 10, VMware 4.x/5.x, HP-UX 11.11v3, Windows 2008 and RedHat ES4/ES5.

Confidential

Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Day to day management of SAN environment, storage provisioning, zoning, registering hosts, create RAID groups, Binding LUN, enabling Access Logix, creating Storage Groups using Navisphere Manager.
• Implemented the online/hot backup, space saving logical copy SnapView Snapshotsfeature of CLARiiON, on production data for immediate access by backup and decision making groups.
• Implemented disaster recovery solution MirrorView/A/Ssessions for remote replication across geographically distant CLARiiON CX3-80 and CX700 arrays for continuous remote replication that protects most critical data in the event of unplanned outage.
• Created and deleted RDF pairs dynamically using symrdfcreatepair and deletepair and managed RDF sessions using RDF type device groups and symrdf query.
• Implemented a consistent data replication setup symreplicate to run on regular interval for critical applications between 2 DMX-4s using SRDF/ARbased on the RPO requirement.
• Implemented mission critical data Disaster Recovery using SRDF/Sbetween DMX-4 and DMX-3 arrays at remote site, for production systems requiring fastest recovery with zero RPO.
• Restored the data from the BCVs in case of a corruption/deletion on the production environment.
• Created and managed Time Finder/Mirror sessions using device groups on a regular interval to provide the data change rate by performing full/incremental Establish and Split actions.
• Implemented various business continuity data recovery, backup operations using Time Finder Mirror/Clone/Snap local replication, SRDF remote replication and storage provisioning.
• Monitored performance of CLARiiON using Performance Manager and Navisphere Analyzer.
• Expanded LUN to Striped or Concatenated MetaLUN using Navisphere 6.x and NaviCLI.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning in VMAX and DMX-4using thin pools with oversubscription for maximum utilization of storage assets.
• Implemented the online full volume physical copySnap View clonefeature of CLARiiON for data warehouse applications running across heterogeneous platforms.
• Management of NS40G/80G NAS Celerra systems using Celerra Manager and Celerra CLI.
• Configured control station and data movers for NS40G/80G.
• Configured fail safe networks and various network parameters for Celerra.
• Installed and configured the Navisphere Agent/CLI on UNIX and Windows Servers.
• Performed archiving restoring Brocade switch configurations on Brocade switches.
• Performed Firmware upgrade and downgrade Fabric OS on Brocade switches.
• Configured and implemented core-edge using MDS Cisco directors 9509, 9506 and 9124, 9134 switches to configure a multi-tier SAN environment.
• Implemented SAN expansion by joining the new switches to the existing fabric or merging two fabrics with minimal or no disturbance to the production.
• Configured Soft zoning, hard zoning activities by creating aliases, zones and configurations on Brocade Switches using Brocade Fabric Manager, Web tools and CLI.
• Allocated storage from DMX -3 to Celerra NS40G/80G.
• Generated local point-in-time copies using CelerraSnapSure in NS40G for backup services.
• Good knowledge on identifying and resolving SAN cable and configuration issues.
• Generated health reports periodically and take necessary action required to keep the environment up.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3, CLARiiON CX3-80, CX700, NS 40G/80G, Cisco MDS 9509, 9506 Directors and MDS 9124, 9134 Departmental switches, Brocade 48k Directors and 3800 departmental switch. AIX 5.2/5.3 , HP-UX 11.00/11.11 , Win 2k3/2K8 Solaris 9/10. SYMCLI, Celerra Manager/CLI, CelerraSnapSure, Time Finder/Mirror, Clone Snaps, SRDF/S and SRDF/AR, MirrorView/S/A, NaviSecCLI, Navisphere Manager, SnapView Snap/Clone, Brocade CLI, Cisco CLI, Cisco Fabric Manager, Cisco Device Manager.

Confidential

Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Day to day jobs include storage allocation, troubleshooting, monitoring and Reporting on the SAN Environment. Discovered new SAN objects in ECC including DMX, CLARiiON, Switches and windows and Solaris servers.
• SAN Administration in a storage environment consisting of DMX-2/DMX-3, CLARiiON CX-700, CX3-80, Brocade 48k Enterprise directors 4900 and 4100 switches.
• Migrated Data successfully from DMX-2 to DMX-3 using Open Replicator and Open Migratorand provided storage to hosts using ECC and SymCLI.
• Installed and configured Brocade 48k switches and involved from the starting stage of fabric migration from Brocade 12k/3900 switches to Brocade 48k. Also implemented a core-edge topology of Brocade 48k connecting the large environment.
• Involved in consistent data replication of an oracle database from DMX-3 to DMX-3 using SRDF/S Technology.
• Implemented Disaster Recovery using SRDF/S for production systems and tested disaster recovery preparedness. Testing and Implementation of SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications.
• Planning and Implementation of migration from multiple CX700 arrays to CX3-80, using SanCopy. This resulted in improved performance and additional capacity/free space for growth of storage system on CX3-80.
• Took part in planning, commissioning of a new DMX-3's and deployed all the agents for ECC administration.
• Maintaining the ECC infrastructure, troubleshooting day-to-day issues, Configured DCPs and alerts for management of the entire SAN infrastructure and also dealt with performance issues.
• Successfully allocated Storage using ECC, SymCLI, Navisphere and NaviCLI for open systems storage environment from CLARiiON, Symmetrix to Windows, Solaris, HPUX, AIX and Linux servers.
• Made copies of production data by configuring BCV and clone using Time Finder Business Continuity.
• Installed and configured PowerPath on AIX/Solaris/HP/Linux and Windows Operating Systems and installed SymCLI software.
• Was actively involved in planning of SAN Expansion, management at the technical and architecture level and migration strategies.
• Troubleshooting day to day performance issues and resolving them using Navianalyzer and Performance Manager. Identified unused storage using Storage scope reporting and actively resolved the capacity allocation issues.
• Provided direct technical support for the coordination and implementation of releases, upgrades or changes to the Windows server environments.
• Troubleshooting routine critical issues including threshold optimization, server throughput, ports availability, meeting zoning requirements, one-path down, host not seeing storage and storage management problems.

Environment: DMX-3/DMX-2, CLARiiON CX 700, CX3-80, Brocade 48k / 4900 / 4100, ECC, SymCLI, SRDF/S, SRDF/A, Time Finder BCV/Clone, SanCopy, Navisphere, Brocade CLI and Web tools, AIX, Solaris, HP, Linux and Windows.

Confidential

SAN/ Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed functions of a Storage Administrator including Zoning, LUN Masking and LUN Provisioning on Symmetrix and CLARiiON.
• Involved in Symmetrix configuration, connecting management server to the Symmetrix through fabric, and initializing the VCMDB.
• Converting the STDs to BCVs using symconfigure, create and manage device groups and setup the BCVs to do establish, split and mount volumes on a different server to do the backup operations.
• Consolidated storage and expanded by upgrading from CX 700 to a higher capacity CX3-20 using San Copy.
• Created a complete documentation that includes all the components in the SAN environment, Scripts to control the replication process, BCV setup for backup, disaster recovery procedures.
• Implemented High availability solutions like MirrorView, SAN Copy on CLARiiON for source and target sites.
• Followed proper Change Management Procedures, well prepared and submitted all the required documents for all SAN / Storage migration projects.
• Creating the Metaluns based on the application requirements using SYMCLI, Navisphere Manager.
• Decommissioned storage for open systems by reclaiming the storage after destroying the data, unmounting the file systems, unmasking, unmapping from the FA ports and dissolving the Meta devices using SYMCLI.
• Cleaned up the old storage includes deleting SRDF pairs and clone relationships.
• Provided documents for operational management, troubleshooting the issues that occur in the SAN environment.
• Implemented a core-edge topology with Brocade 3800,3900, 12k, 48k directors and connected all the storage DMX3, DMX-3000, and CX3-20, CX700 systems to core and host systems to the edge switches which provide a huge connectivity options for future use.
• Created copies of production data by configuring clones form the production data using Time Finder Business Continuity used for testing and development and for backups.
• Implemented san migration from a linear 24K topology to core-edge with 48K and Brocade switches 3800/3900.
• Converted the device personalities as per the requirement converting STD to BCVs and BCVs to BCV/R1 and setup R1 and R2 etc. .
• Implemented a disaster recovery solution using SRDF/AR between the two sites production and DR located geographically apart.

Environment: DMX-3, DMX-3000, CLARiiON CX3-20, CX700, Brocade 12k,48k Directors and 3800,3900 departmental switches, SYMCLI, Time Finder/Mirror, Clone Snaps, SRDF/AR, MirrorView/S/A, NaviCLI, Navisphere manager,SnapView Snap/Clone, SanCopy, Brocade CLI, Brocade Web Tools. AIX 5.2/5.3 , HP-UX 11.00/11.11 , Win 2k3/2k8, Solaris 8/9.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of servers and troubleshooting problems that arise and ensure a minimal downtime.
• Responsible to resolve customer issues including network connectivity, user administration, software configuration, hardware configuration, and remote access.
• Configured and Administered Apache, NFS, NIS, DNS, FTP, SSHand Telnet network services.
• Imported and deported volume groups when data migration was needed by effectively using Veritas volume manager.
• Troubleshooting of environments such as NFS, NIS, and AutoFS.
• Worked with Veritas Volume Manager VxVM for creating disk groups, volumes and file systems for various applications and databases.
• Created file systems and mounted them persistently by updating VFSTAB while dealing with SCSI storage devices.
• Performed cumulative, differential nature of backup and recovery using ufsdump, cpio, dd, tar.
• Building RAID-1 Mirroring of root file system using Solaris and VERITAS volume managers.
• Implementation Managing of RAID levels like 0, 1, 0 1, 5 using VERITAS volume manager.
• Performed file systems management, mounting/un-mounting and Encapsulation using VERITAS Volume Manager vxassist on Solaris UNIX servers.

Environment: Sun fire V120, Sun Ultra4 Sparc II, Veritas Volume Manager 4.0, Solaris Volume Manager, TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, DNS, FTPand Solaris 7/8.