SUMMARY

• A SAN professional with over 7 years of practical experience in SAN/NAS Administration and Network/System Administration
• Experience in EMC Symmetrix, VMAX 10/20/40k, DMX2000, DMX-3, DMX-4, VNX, CLARiiON CX-480/960 CLARiiON CX3-80/500700, VPLEX
• Experience in storage provisioning which includes Lun creation, mapping, masking and zoning
• Experienced in migrating data from Symmetric DMX to VMAX and CLARiiON to VMAX using open replicator.
• Experience in configuring FASTVP in V-MAX with Enginuity 5876
• Experience with provisioning in VMAX and virtual provisioning in DMX-4, VMAX storage array systems using SYMCLI, Symmetrix Management Console UNISPHERE FOR VMAX
• Expertise in storage provisioning, monitoring, reporting of EMC VNX VNX2 and CLARiiON
• Expertise in ECC/IONIX, UNISPHERE FOR VMAX
• Experience in storage provisioning with VPLEX
• Extensive knowledge in replication techniques which include Recoverpoint and SRDF
• Experience in implementing and managing Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapters EMULEX, QLOGIC,BROCADE
• Expertise in installing and configuring fiber channel switches and directors- Brocade, Mcdata, Cisco MDS and Connetrix
• Experience in implementing migration of data using SAN Copy, Open Replicator, Open Migrator and PPME
• Experience with Netapp FAS series on 7 mode
• Experience in Administration of Storage to Multiprotocol Environments like CIFS and NFS in celara/ VNX /Netapp NAS environment
• Solid knowledge on all levels of RAID configuration and management
• Experience in Administration of Brocade, and Cisco fc switches
• Utilize EMC Recoverpoint for consistency group setups, replications, failover/ failback settings, DR simulations and snapshot checks.
• Experience in managing CLARiiON storage arrays using Navisphere Manager 6.x/5.x, Navi Analyzer and NaviSecCli
• Experience in installing and configuring EMC Power path for load balancing, path management and path failover
• Experienced in Drafting the Data Center Audit reports and Performance reports

Technical Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed EMC, VMAX 20K, VNX 5500, VPLEX,CLARiiON CX480/960, DMX 4 in various environments, which include the following operating systems: Windows 2000/2003/MSCS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris, VMware ESX, ESXi
• Manage, and analyze problems with EMC CLARiiON VNX Storage arrays, and, EMC Symmetrix VMAX and DMX Storage arrays.
• Experience in setting up SnapView, MirrorView and SANCopy
• Planned and executed Upgrades for Brocade and Cisco FC switches Operating Environments for CLARiiON, VNX, DMX and VMAX
• Configured and allocated storage on EMC VMAX 40k,20K ,10K, DMX-4 VNX 7500,5700,5500,5300, using SYMCLI and NaviCLI
• Implementing/Configuring VMAX 40K/20K/10K
• Used recover point to setup replication between sites
• Experience in Configuring of RECOVERPOINT replication methodologies like CDP CLR and CRR
• Created Consistency Groups, configured journal volumes and created Recover Point session for Disaster recovery.
• Created New Journal volumes and Replications sets are added in the in the Consistency group for replication.
• Based on the analysis, implemented a disaster recovery solution between Production and DR Data centers using Recover Point Appliances
• Manually modify the preferred RPA in each CG group to make CG groups are evenly distributed across all RPA's
• Indentify the wrong configuration and De-registered the RPA initiators in both source and target VNX storage arrays.
• Added new licenses for RPA 4.0.2 in the RP/SE on both sites
• Performed installation of Solutions Enabler v7.1.1 and Unisphere for VMAX with Performance analyzer
• Performed Auto-provisioning for VMAX by creating, initiator groups, port groups, storage groups and masking views using UNISPHERE FOR VMAX and Solution Enabler SYMCLI.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning with Thin Pools providing oversubscription for applications with similar performance requirements from VMAX to hosts
• Configuration of consistency groups on VPLEX and day-day administration
• Installed and configured the Unisphere Agent/CLI on UNIX and Windows Servers
• Presented virtual volumes configured independently for each server using VPLEX.
• Moved data between different devices or between different extents, while maintaining I/O access to the data using VPLEX
• Experience on Implementing File level VNX
• Exposure to Configuring the storage pools and LUNs on VNX
• Worked extensively in integration of EMC VNX NAS Control Station, Data Mover Storage Array into the USER AD environment
• Experience on configuring the quotas, user mapping, snapshot and remote copy DR facilities of EMC Celera / VNX file level
• FC split zoning and management for appliances such as EMC's SPA and Recoverpoint Devices.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot Brocade 5000 and 4900 DCX 4s Core Switch series fibre channel switches, along with QLogic and Emulex HBAs
• Manage Brocade switches using conectrix Manager
• Installation of EMC Control Center ECC , PowerPath, Navisphere suite
• Hands-on experience with ECC, EMC Navisphere, Unisphere,NaviCLI, SymCLI
• Used SnapView Snapshots and Clones to mirror data to secondary hosts
• Provide data provisioning, Zoning and LUN masking services to group of users
• Provided 24/7 on call support for all the Storage systems
• Participate in Disaster Recovery DR Drills, Help to maintain and Streamline DR procedures
• Provide recommendations on capacity planning, performance enhancement, standardization, backup over SAN, best practices, and data retention to customers
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance for junior SAN field engineers.

ENVIRONMENT:VMAX 40k, 20K, 10K, DMX-4, VNX 7500,5700,5500,5300,VPLEX,CLARiiON CX480/960,

RECOVERPOINT CDP,CLR,CRR Windows 2000/2003/MSCS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris, VMware ESX, ESXi, SYMCLI and NaviCLI, Navisphere, Unisphere, Brocade 5000,4900, DCX 4s Core Switch connectrix manger.

Confidential

Storage Management Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Configured and managed EMC VNX, VMAX and VPLEX.
• Implemented Unified storage with VNX Pools/ RAID groups, assigned Thin LUNs and Traditional LUNs to Pools.
• Configured FAST Cache and FAST VP in VNX Environment.
• Configured Snap view Snapshots, Snap view Clones and MirrorView S/A in VNX Series.
• Configured Initiator groups, Port groups, Storage groups and Masking views to allocate storage in a VMAX environment.
• Configured FAST, Virtual Pools and performed Auto provisioning for mapping and masking in VMAX Environment using SYMCLI / UNISPHERE FOR VMAX.
• Created Open Replicator Sessions using UNISPHERE FOR VMAX to perform migration from Clariion CX 3-80 to VMAX.
• Involved in configuring various VMAX business continuity solutions.
• Performed configuration changes with ECC / SYMCLI.
• Involved in choosing best practices for storage systems like implementing data protection type of logical volumes.
• Migrated Data from NS480 to VNX5700 using SAN COPY and Open Migrator.
• Generating Historical Performance Reports for VNX5500/5700/7500 storage arrays using Archive NAR Files in both Production and DR for troubleshooting purpose.
• Generating Capacity planning reports for VNX 5500 storage array for monitoring the growth of each Server for Budget planning.
• Provisioned block storage from VNX 5500/5700/7500 by registering hosts, Creating Storage Pools/Raid groups, Creating LUN, creating Storage Groups, and adding hosts to the storage group using Unisphere.
• Implementation, administration and maintenance of high end storage arrays like EMC Celerra NS120/480/960 and CLARiiON CX and VNX 5700 systems.
• Rack and Stack of New SAN Cisco MDS 9710 configuration in DR site
• Problem determination and resolution including troubleshooting and submitting results reports to upper management and root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain storage standards, procedures, policies, security etc.
• Implementation, administration and maintenance of high end storage arrays like NetApp FAS6080/ 6040, FAS3270/3170/3070, FAS3240/3140, FAS2040/2020, FAS270, EMC Celerra NS120/480/960 and CLARiiON CX and VNX 5700 systems.
• Created and Configured RAID Groups, Storage Groups, Binding Luns, Naming, Resizing.
• Provisioned and Decommissioned storage from NetApp FAS and EMC Celerra.
• Installed new NetApp and EMC and implemented best practices.
• Perform various methods of data migration from NetApp to EMC and EMC to NetApp and providing the customer with practical methods in transferring large amounts of data to remote locations.
• Upgraded ONTAP from 7.3 to 8.0 on 200 NetApp systems during various weekend GZ.
• Supported Qtrees, creation and exports through NFS.
• Creating and administering aggregates, volumes, qtrees, FlexVols, FlexClones, Snapshots, Space Guarantee etc.
• NFS, CIFS migration using NetApp and host based tools Robocopy, rsync , EMcopy, secure copy .
• Worked on Technology Refresh from old filers to new filers.
• Perform various methods of data migration from NetApp to EMC and EMC to NetApp and providing the customer with practical methods in transferring large amounts of data to remote locations.
• Provisioned and Decommissioned storage from NetApp FAS and EMC Celerra.
• Configuring SnapMirror, SnapReserve, allocating de allocating shares to UNIX and Windows Clients from NetApp storage systems.
• Configured and Administered Open System SnapVault and SnapRestore for backup and restore operation in NetApp NAS Environment.
• Administer NAS Environment using DataFabric Operations Manager.
• Configured the replications using snapmirror on NetApp and Celerra on EMC Celerra and VNX.
• Collected and analyzed performance data using performance advisor from VMWare supported storage systems.
• Actively participate in the planning and implementation of storage and backup solutions.
• Problem determination and resolution including troubleshooting and submitting results reports to upper management and root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain storage standards, procedures, policies, security etc

ENVIRONMENT:

EMC: VNX5500/5700/7500,VMAX,VPLEX, Celerra NS120/480/960 ,Clariion CX 3-80

NetApp: FAS6080/ 6040, FAS3270/3170/3070, FAS3240/3140, FAS2040/2020, FAS270, ECC / SYMCLI, Unisphere, SAN COPY,Open Migrator, Cisco Device Manager, Cisco Fabric Manager.

Confidential

Sr. Storage Ops Specialist

Responsibilities

• Administered and maintained EMC VMAX, DMX-4, VNX, CLARiiON
• Installation and Administration of NetApp Storage. Creation of Aggregates, volumes and mapping of LUNs to Windows UNIX hosts.
• Configure volumes for CIFS and NFS in NetApp NAS environment.
• Configure Snapshot schedule for volumes or aggregates on NetApp Filers.
• Choose the right RAID level for high performance and high availability on NetApp Filers.
• Configured VIFs and VLANS in NetApp Environment.
• Monitoring and forwarding Syslog messages on NetApp Filers.
• Backup and restore data from Tape Libraries using ndmpcopy, dump, restore in NetApp NAS Environment.
• Refreshed data using Snap Mirror whenever needed using snap mirror and snap shots.
• Responsible for infrastructure tasks including provisioning storage, connectivity issues, upgrades, and day-to-day issues and audits.
• Involved in configuring, administering zones/zone sets on Brocade switches using Connectrix Manager and Brocade Fabric Manager respectively.
• Configured FAST VP for migration targets as per best practices.
• Worked on Symmetrix V-max in Thin Provisioning, Virtualization and Auto provisioning.
• Used Open Replicator Hot Pull PPME to migrate from DMX to VMAX.
• Configured, Created, push and pull sessions to migrate devices.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX array to hosts by creating Data devices, thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and masking the Thin devices to the host, using Unisphere.
• Extensively worked on SymCLI to implement concurrent SRDF and successfully replicated the storage to the remote site using SRDF solutions SRDF/S and SRDF/A .
• Created FAST TIERS policies, associated Storage groups to FAST Policies. Used SPA to monitor Symmetrix performance issues.
• Troubleshoot the SAN connectivity on different Operating Systems like Windows, VMware ESX, Linux and Solaris.
• Performed touch support work during the cabling that ran from servers to switch in the process of switch migration.
• Managing the trouble ticket queue, and responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, cabling and resolving routine issues like one-path-down, hosts not seeing storage, HBA failures, zoning/masking/storage allocation performance issues etc.
• Performed daily activities and checks on the NetApp FAS3020 and FAS3070 Filers.
• Played a responsible role in troubleshooting problems logged by the client users in day-to-day operations of the business and providing complete technical support for the client
• Working on the error tickets generated by system monitoring tools.
• Provided On Call Support day-to-day troubleshooting SAN/NAS related issues.
• Configured Brocade 7800 switches for Long Distance Replication and migration of SAN between two different fabrics located at different datacenters. Created FCIP Trunking Circuits.
• Resolved issues if any in the filers.
• Installed NetApp NAS clusters for production systems.
• Created Aggregates, Volumes, Luns and Qtrees, Quotas, Snap Vault and snapshots and Snap Mirroring and restored files from Snapshots.
• Migrated data's from EMC Boxes to NetApp Filers.
• Configured NFS / CIFS on NetApp NAS Filer servers.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day problems on SAN/ NAS.
• Installed new Symmetrix DMX 2000 and implemented rule 17 for mapping as best practice.
• Provisioned storage to Solaris and Windows servers and assign storage according to business requirements.

ENVIRONMENT: EMC: VMAX, DMX-4, VNX, CLARiiON, DMX 2000 , CIFS,NFS,Unisphere,SYMCLI,SRDF,

FAST TIERS, Windows, VMware,Linux and Solaris.NetApp FAS3020 and FAS3070 Filers.

Confidential

Data Storage Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed the SAN Environment consisting of VMAX, CLARiiON CX 4-80, 3-80,directors using SYMCLI, SMC and Unisphere.
• Designing an additional space and carving up the space on the array.
• Expanded LUNs and allocated Storage to Windows and VMware ESX.
• Administered and managed the SAN Environment consisting of VMAX, DMX 4, 3, 3000/1000, CLARiiON CX 4-80, 3-80, Cisco MDS 9513/9509 directors using SYMCLI, Navisphere Manager, Fabric/Device Manager and EMC Control Center.
• Responsible for storage Migrations from DMX 3 and Symmetrix 1000/3000 to DMX 4 and VMAX using Open Replicator Cold Pull and SRDF and successfully migrated the data and decommissioned the old arrays. Also used Open Migrator Host based replication software to migrate the data online for some of the critical servers which require less downtime.
• Responsibilities included weekly storage capacity reporting, regular meeting with the system administrators and DBA's in scheduling the down time for migration and also monitored the performance of the storage ports on the Remote side during migration process.
• Implemented DR solutions after the migration using SRDF and successful tested them for business divisions.
• Worked with remediation of the servers which migrated from old arrays to the new arrays.
• Responsible for storage allocation using ECC, SymCLI, Navisphere, Unisphere and SMC for the storage environment.
• Configured and Maintained the San environment using Brocade switch and created zones and added to zone sets.
• Successfully installed Symmetrix Management Console SMC , Symmetrix Performance Analyzer SPA and configured VMAX for the thin provisioning.
• Also implemented FAST V2 by creating Storage Groups and FAST V2 policies for different Storagetypes.
• Tested this in the lab environment which at later stage rolled into production.
• Worked with VNX in the lab.

ENVIRONMENT: VMAX, DMX 4, 3, 3000/1000,CLARiiON CX 4-80, 3-80, SYMCLI, SMC, Unisphere, Navisphere, Cisco MDS 9513/9509, Fabric/Device Manager, Windows and VMware ESX

Confidential

SAN administrator

Responsibilities:

• Planned, commissioned and configures new DMX-4 and deployed all the agents for ECC administrators.
• Used Open Replicator software to execute data migration from existing DMX to new DMX-4 storage arrays and CLARiiON to DMX-4 arrays.
• Administration of storage environment consisting of VMAX DMX/Symmetrix, CLARiiON, Cisco Enterprise directors.
• Planned and Participated in a SAN migration from McDATA fabric with ED64M2 to Cisco fabric with MDS 9513 which connected Solaris/windows and VMware hosts , DMX 3,4 and CX 3-80,3-20, CX700.
• Extensively worked on SymCLI to implement concurrent SRDF, Setup the SAN environment for migration, disaster recovery test procedures for DMX-4 and successfully replicated the storage to the remote site using SRDF solutions SRDF/S and SRDF/A .
• Installed NetApp NAS clusters for production systems.
• Created Aggregates, Volumes, Luns and Qtrees, Quotas, Snap Vault and snapshots and Snap Mirroring and restored files from Snapshots.
• Migrated data's from EMC Boxes to NetApp Filers.
• Configured NFS / CIFS on NetApp NAS Filer servers.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day problems on SAN/ NAS.
• Installed new Symmetrix DMX 2000 and implemented rule 17 for mapping as best practice.
• Provisioned storage to Solaris and Windows servers and assign storage according to business requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve storage-related performance issues.
• Recovery of corrupted/backup data from NFS and CIFS file systems from the checkpoints.
• Backend storage allocation to the Celerra's from CLARiiON and creation of pools and their maintenance.

ENVIRONMENT: DMX-4,DMX-3, DMX 2000, Celerra, CLARiiON CX 3-80,3-20, CX700, SRDF-SRDF/S,SRDF/A, SymCLI, Solaris/windows and VMware, McDATA ED64M2, Cisco MDS 9513

Confidential

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured, Managed and Monitored top tier and middle tier storage that comprised of Symmetrix DMX 3, 2000/1000, CLARiiON CX3-20/600/700, McDATA ED140M/ ED64M2 using ECC, Cisco CLI, Fabric/Device manager and Connectrix manager.
• Implemented DR setup between the DMX 3 using SRDF and in the process formed RA groups, device groups, added devices to device groups, created pairs of source target devices and tested for applications.
• Configured and tested for disaster recovery and maintained DR setup between DMX 3 for selected Tier 1 applications.
• Created and activated Clones for the standard devices to have point in time copy of production data and allocated the clones to backup host.
• Configured Event Monitor, created templates and applied them to monitor and notify the events occurring at regular intervals in the CLARiiON through email/SNMP.
• Improved the efficiency of capacity utilization in CLARiiON/Symmetrix by decommissioning unused LUNs/devices and increased the allocated storage by creating Meta LUNs/devices.
• Installed Veritas volume manager and implemented host based migration using VERITAS disk mirroring, created disk group, added disks to disk group, created multiple volumes on disks and mounted file systems on volumes.
• Configured and managed McDATA switches, created zones with new members and added zones to active Zonesets using Fabric/Device manager
• Day to Day activities included mapping, masking in Symmetrix/DMX using SymCLI, zoning using Fabric/device manager and allocating storage to AIX, Solaris, HP-UX Windows hosts.

ENVIRONMENT: DMX 3, 2000/1000, CLARiiON CX3-20/600/700, Meta LUNs,SRDF,SYMCLI, McDATA

ED140M/ ED64M2, Fabric/Device manager, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX Windows

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered and maintained EMC Symmetrix DMX-3, CLARiiON 600 and Celerra NS

• Assigning storage to hosts, by configuring storage groups, adding LUNs and hosts to the storage groups in the CLARiiON environment using Navisphere Suite
• Storage provisioning to hosts by mapping devices, and performing LUN masking in the Symmetrix/DMX environment using SymCli and ECC
• Created and managed raid groups, storage groups, Meta volumes, LUN binding along with performance management and monitoring. CLARiiON
• Configured Snapview Snapshots and Snapview Clones on CLARiiON CX Series Sub-Systems
• Created SANCopy Sessions using Navisphere Manager to perform migration
• Maintained Enterprise Business Continuity/DR data centers by implementing Synchronous and Asynchronous replication using EMC MirrorView
• Involved in Setup of NAS device, EMC Celerra NS
• Troubleshoot NFS, CIFS issues on the EMC Celerra and fine-tuned the file server for optimal performance
• Responsible for routine health-check of the SAN/NAS including configuration, documentation, maintenance
• Monitoring performance and capacity of the SAN NAS environment
• Creating, adding and deleting aliases, zones, and activating zonesets on CISCO MDS 9513/9509, fabric and device manager
• Installed PowerPath software, configured and administrated on UNIX Windows Servers.

ENVIRONMENT: DMX-3, CLARiiON 600,Celerra NS, Snapshots, Snapview, MirrorView, SymCli and ECC,

Cisco MDS 9513/9509, fabric and device manager, UNIX, Windows servers