OBJECTIVE

• Seeking employment with a company I can help grow and expand as a VMware administrator by utilizing my experience in Windows/Linux based environment. Actively demonstrated strong analytical, troubleshooting and interpersonal skills with customer focused approach.

SUMMARY

• Over 6+ years experience in VMware virtualization and Linux/ Unix administration.
• Expert in managing exchange 2012 servers and troubleshooting issues related to User and group accounts, mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Plan, implement and configure Fault Tolerance (FT) solutions for business critical servers.
• Expert on configuring hardware iSCSI and NFS storage to VMware ESXi hosts from vSphere client.
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from OVA/OVF templates and CD/ISO image.
• Involved with built number of VMs through templates/clones, created templates/clones for future use from ISO Images.
• Created Standard and Distributed Switches (dvSwitch) in the VCenter servers for making use of best network design and stability across the VCenter servers.
• Skilled in installing and configuringVCenter update manager for installing ESXi patches and also to upgrade ESXi Kernel.
• Solutions by Configure HA clusters with DPM enabled DRS clusters for automated power management and load balancing.
• Ability to work with team environment as well as individual. Used to working under pressure and deliver on time.
• Excellent verbal and written communictation skills. Ability to work within company rules and follow manager lead.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Houston, TX

VMWare Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Creating, Installing, configuring and administer Virtual Machines, installing Guest Operating Systems like Windows and Linux.
• Responsible for Microsoft File and Print servers cluster on windows 2012 within VMware environment.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining the VMware ESX 3.x / Virtual Center 2.x servers.
• Moving the running VM from one host to another using Vmotion Technology.
• Worked on SAN concepts like switch zoning (soft & hard), LUN masking on SAN Storage devices, LUN creation and Storage Management.
• Create a cluster in Virtual Infrastructure and enabling HA and DRS feature.
• Configuring ESX 3.x servers to use iSCSI & NAS storage. Creating vSwithces and Port groups for the ESX servers.
• Knowledgeable in migrating the virtual machines between the ESXi Hosts using cold migration and VMotion.
• Network Configuration on ESX servers which include Bonds & VLANs. Perform activities like scheduling of backups and system security.
• Interact with our clients to resolve their problems in a timely and accurate manner.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Experience on hot and cold clone process.
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion andSVMotion.

Environment: VCenter, ESXi 4.0, 4.1, 5.0VMotion, VSphere, HA, Cloning, Snapshots.

Confidential

VMware / Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured Clusters for the ESXi hosts and created Anti-Affinity rules in the DRS to either keep the VMs together or separate them on ESXi hosts.
• Configuration of VMotion, VSwitch, and VLAN in VMware Virtual center.
• Created resource pools and added VM's into the pools.
• Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory.
• Working on troubleshooting the triggered alarms generated from VMware vCenter Server and solving the SNMP traps rise in vcenter.
• Using Hot Plug feature for increasing the performances of virtual machine.
• Managed separate VMware clusters like QA, Development and Production.
• Took active part in troubleshooting VCenter and ESXi issues and also in system hardware failures.
• Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.
• Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware Convertor.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESXi servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server for HA, DRS.
• Installed open source software like Apache Tomcat.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines.

Environment: VCenter, ESXi 4.0, ESXi 4.1, VMotion, VSphere.

Confidential

IT Virtualization Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuring and handling the VMware infrastructure.
• ESXi Server updates and upgrades using Update Manager.
• Creating switches and Port groups for the ESX & ESXI servers.
• Create a cluster in Virtual Infrastructure and enabling HA and DRS feature.
• Servers build consolidation & migration such as P2V, V2V etc.
• Moving the running VM from one host to another using Vmotion Technology.
• Resource management for VMs increasing CPU, Memory and DISK expansion etc.
• Adding Hosts to VC, Creating and managing VM's under the Hosts.
• Creating vSwithces and Port groups for the ESX servers.
• Moving the running VM from one host to another host using VMotion Technique.
• Fine tuning performance setting for better performance and optimum utilization.
• Review and authorization of Microsoft monthly security patches.
• Analyze, log, track and complex software and hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking.

Environment: VCenter, ESXi 3.5, VMotion, VSphere, HA, Cloning, Snapshots.