Summery

• Over 8 years of professional experience on VMware Virtualization RHEL Suse Linux and Windows 2008/2003 Operating Systems.
• Extensive knowledge and experience As Wintel Administrator.
• Professional experience with VMware VSphere 5 ESXi 5.0 ESXi4.1and VMware VCenter 5/VCenter 4.1 VMotion Storage VMotion HA DRS FT Host Profiles VApp VMware VCenter Converter
• Experience in storage performance and Application performance testing on Vmware Virtual Machines
• Deploy Secure Analyze Administer and Troubleshoot VMware VI4 platforms.
• Experience on Windows 2003 and 2008 Patch Mangement and SCCM .
• Experience on VMware vCenter 2.5 4 4.1 5 5.1 and Single Sign on Server .
• Experience on Active Directory Administration .
• Experience on Configuring Networking on Standard vSwitch DVS .
• Extensive Knowledge on Port Groups VLAN Trunking VLAN Tagging and Ether Channeling.
• Experience in the V2V and P2V migration of Physical servers to Virtual Machines.
• Advance Knowledge in Cloning Snapshots and OVF Templates Technology .
• Experience Deploying VMs Linux windows UsingTemplates.
• Knowledge of maintaining Business Continuity and performing Disaster Recovery DR using VMware Site Recovery Manager SRM
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades for Patching
• Experienced in Configuring SAN Iscsi SAN and NAS Storage With Different Vendors like EMC NetApp 3PAR.
• Experience with vCloud Director 5 5.1 and vShield Networking and Security.
• Experience installing managing and administering Windows 2008 and 2003 based Domain controllers Backup / Additional Domain Controllers
• Management Client Installation Remote control Site database maintenance and Recovery
• Experience installing configuring administering Network services like DNS DHCP WINS and WSUS
• Supported a large scale Data Center projects including server installation hardware maintenance and break/fix activities
• Hands on experience installing configuring administering Network services like DHCP and DNS services.
• Experience in the Server and Desktop Management Windows Administration Support Analysis and Maintenance
• Performed system administration activities security policies and monitored system performance both at software and hardware levels
• Exceptional troubleshooting organizational interpersonal written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal communication and technical skills in software hardware and networking which help me to quickly identify and resolve issues.
• Installation and Management of Network Security Servers like Symantec Corporate Edition and Trend Micro Office Scan

Technical Skills

Core VMware Virtualization Skills

ESX 4.1/4.0 ESX 3.5 ESXi5 VSphere 3 and 4 VI3 Virtual Center Server P2V V2V Storage VMotion HA DRS SRM 4.0 Host Profiles VApp VMware Consolidated Backup VMware Management Assistant VMware Vsphere Client VMware View 4 VMware Thinapp Events and Alerts Capacity Planning Platespin PowerConvert

DR/P2V Tool

Platespin migrator Quest Vconvertor and Double take DR tools

Desktop Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 2000 Win XP sp2 Vista Windows 7

Server Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 2003 R R2.

Server Services

Active Directory DNS DHCP TCP/IP Clean Server Installation/Migration

Management Tools

HP Onboard Administrator HP Virtual Connect Manager Avocent DS View Putty MKS Integrity Change Management Software Groundworks VI Monitoring Tool Vkernal Monitoring Software Microsoft Robocopy GUI SolarWinds IP Address Tracker Veeam Backup - FastSCP

Directory Services / Internet

Designing Deploying and Migration of Windows Based Active Directory. Installation and Administration of IIS 6.0 DHCP DNS servers

Server/Storage Hardware

HP blades C7000 IBM blades HS21 HP Proliant DLs and Blade Servers Dell Power Edge Servers HP Enterprise Virtual Array Family Netapp FAS2000 series Cisco UCS EMC SAN storage VNX and Symmetrix DMX-3

Professional Experience

Confidential

Wintel VMware Engineer

Description Designing and implementation of new data center. Architecture designing implementation and supporting of Virtual environment using VMware technology

Responsibilities:

• Manage VMware Infrastructure/vSphere clusters on Production Corporate and Test/Development environments.
• Migrating Hospital based DC FILE DB and File servers from R2.
• Fine tune VMs configurations to get the best performance/resource consumption
• Detection of VMware issues monitoring and ownership of standards and requirements.
• Participate in capacity planning for the infrastructure.
• Provide tools and procedures for resources provisioning.
• Document the process and procedures.
• Propose VMs provisioning solutions to be analyzed and/or implemented.
• VMware Esxi 5.1 design setup installation configuration and Administration.
• VMware Virtual Center Administration.
• Upgrading the VMware environment to the latest version.
• VMware HA DRS FT vDS Resource Pools Host Profiles and VM monitoring allowing our clients to benefit from simplified disaster recovery and ongoing monitoring of the virtual infrastructure.
• Installation and Managing VMware View 5.0 Setup
• Configure and maintain Desktop pools.
• Creating linked clone desktop using snapshots.
• Performance and capacity planning for vCenter environment using VOps.
• Working closely with project management and Architect team.
• Patch the hosts using update manager and profile.
• Knowledge of DR using SRM for vm s.
• Migrated obsolete hardware platforms to VMs via VMware Converter.
• Monitoring VMs and ESX servers CPU Memory Disk and Network Utilization .
• Wyse Thin Client Configuration implementation setup support and Administration.
• Management and Procurement of all System and Hardware Maintenance Contracts.
• Configuring and implementing Clusters based on the requirement.
• Implementation of CLARiiON CX4-120 and CX4-960 into a Storage Area Network.
• Involved in installation configuration and Upgradation of Solaris Linux Operating Systems
• Performed LUN management metaluns RAID groups storage groups.
• Installed and configured SAN with EMC Director Switches/Edge switches and Zoning all Servers.

Environment: Windows 2008/2003/2000 Active Directory DNS WINS DHCP TCP/IP CISCO NTFS Dell Power Edge IBM xSeries HP Proliant G3 G5 Blade Servers IIS Servers VMware ESX 4.1 5.0 Servers

Confidential

VMware Admin

• Wrote the strategy document designed and administrated the environment consisting of over 90 ESX hosts and 1200 Virtual machines environments at different Geographical locations
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation
• Installed VMware ESX server 4.1/4.0 and created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard templates and deployed virtual machines from these templates
• Load Testing on the VMware Lab Manager/VCloud director deployment with DR Testing on SRM
• Installed Configured and administered ESX 4.1 on HP Blade servers using HP onboard administrator for the HP Blade chassis enclosures and Cisco UCS blades.
• Installed Management Server VCenter Server instances to enable centralized management of multiple hosts
• Linked Different Vcenter servers using linked mode to have a single instance of Vsphere client to manage the whole Virtual environment
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines
• 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.
• Configured VMware HA VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure
• Installed and worked on VMware Site Recovery Manager SRM 4.0 for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem
• Used Avocent DS View Module for the remote server access to the Dell rack servers
• Defined the Patch Management process for the VMware Environment to upgrade the Hosts and VM s and Successful completion of Update Manager Installation in all the Environments.
• Performed hardware replacement and troubleshooting for the Dell Rack servers and HP Blade servers
• Configured and monitored Microsoft SQL server 2005/2008 Databases and perform routine tasks such as performance tuning indexing purging and database replication for Vcenter server and Database dependent virtual machines
• Used different Administration and support tools Veeam Backup-FastSCP to perform regular backup and restore of the virtual machines disks and data
• Conducted VMware Virtualization Assessments to recommend consolidation scenarios and project cost savings associated with virtualization for clients.
• Used MKS Integrity Change management Software tool to maintain the CMDB and Virtual Infrastructure Information.
• Used Groundworks Vkernal Monitoring Tools to have 24/7 monitoring on all the servers and virtual machines
• Performed in place upgrades of Windows 2003 server to Windows Server 2008/R2 on Dell Physical Servers -Power Edge 0 R710.
• Windows clustering Administration and troubleshooting

Confidential

VMware Consultant

• Installed VMware VSphere 4 and created virtual machines on ESX 4.0 Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from the images.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX 4.0 servers for server consolidation.
• Worked as Technical Lead on various infrastructure projects surrounding Servers consolidation Physical to Virtual Migrations Storage and Server Management.
• Responsible for the management of servers and duties include regular and proactive monitoring of servers responding the alerts
• Worked on Central Management Server VCenter Server to manage all the ESX hosts in the datacenter.
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates. Working with snapshots of Virtual Machines.
• Installed and Tested VMware Site Recovery Manager SRM 2.0/4.0 for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans
• Extensive experience with HP blades C7000/C3000 server hardware.
• Involved with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions
• Involved in installing/configuring and troubleshooting VMware Lab Manager and administrating multiple labs in Lab Manager and dealing with Lab Manager issues
• Installed configured VMware virtual center for production DR site.
• Perform server consolidation using VMware Converter to convert physical machines to virtual machines in a production environment.
• Involved in VMware updates manager to install troubleshoot patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.
• Implemented successful recovery by VMware SRM and eliminated the complexity of managing and testing recovery plans
• Configured VMware on clustered environment Implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion Storage VMotion
• Virtualized Windows server Migration using VMware Converter PlateSpin PowerConvert.
• Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter.
• Configured VMware HA VMware DRS and Fault Tolerance in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
• Worked on VMware Update Manager for updating or patching for all the ESX hosts and Virtual machines
• Integrated the HP SAN volumes to the Virtual Infrastructure to store the Virtual Machine files
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem.
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Confidential

Role VMware Administrator

Description Maintaining and administering the domain servers VMware servers daily monitoring and backup the servers setting up servers and application as per project needs providing 24X7 supports.

Responsibilities:

• Installing configuring and maintaining the VMware ESX 3.x / 4.x
• Creating Installing configuring and maintaining the Virtual Machines installing Guest Operating Systems like Windows Linux.
• VMotion configuration troubleshooting.
• Guest OS template creation and User Account Management.
• Install open source application like Apache Tomcat.
• McAfee EPO Antivirus Virtual Server Implementation and Administration
• Good knowledge on SAN Integration with VMware ESX server.
• Good understanding on SAN concepts like topologies switch zoning soft hard LUN masking on SAN Storage devices LUN creation and Storage Management.
• Configuring DRS HA Resource Pools in ESX 3.x
• Configuring ESX 3.x servers to use iSCSI NAS storage.
• Configuring and managing VCB backup proxy server.
• Backup Restore management of the Virtual Machines.
• Network Configuration on ESX servers which include Bonds VLANs.
• Performance monitoring tuning.
• Scheduling of backups and System security.
• Preventive maintenance.
• Interact with our clients to resolve their problems in a timely and accurate manner.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003 SMS IIS 6.0 VMware McAfee EPO Windows XP Windows Workstation.

Confidential

Role System Administrator

Description Maintaining servers in offshore datacenter and supporting application installation and configuration. Building new Active Directory

Responsibilities:

• Configured and maintained Active Directory - User Management Implementing various policies for the user using the group policies on Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Server
• Implement Root Forest and Child Domain System with Additional Domain Server in the different sites
• Configure the Remote Access Server for the remote client
• Configured Print and File Servers and allowed access to users using Group Policies
• Created User Accounts Configured User Profiles Created local and Global Groups and implemented Group Policies
• Updates patching and software installations via group policies GPO
• Implemented Windows 2003 Server as Backup Domain Controller for Active Directory
• Managing Exchange server 2003.
• Configured and Maintained DNS DHCP and WINS on Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Server
• Shared Folders Planned and Assisted in configuring NTFS Permissions
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98 Win XP Win NT Win 2000 Win 2003
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy
• Coordinate and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems document system events to ensure continuous functioning. Recommend course of action and implement as approved
• Troubleshoot the DNS servers by using tools like nslookup event logging debug logging
• Monitor server hardware performance and up time and respond to outages promptly
• Document server builds server outages and backup failures.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003 Servers Active Directory Network Printers Windows XP.

Confidential

Role Desktop Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Install and configuring of Desktop / Laptop Network troubleshooting of user level network problem.
• Creating user share folders and giving permissions only to respective users
• Print Servers 2003 Implementation and Administration
• HP printer and Xerox Copier Support.
• Help Desk Support.
• Office 2003 and 2010 Applications Implementation and Support.
• Handling Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Servers.
• Maintenance of Windows XP and Windows 2000 Client Systems.
• Upgrade and updating the OS Versions.
• Configuring Microsoft Outlook Using pst and ost.
• Software installations and Maintaining IT Assets
• Work with operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Professional XP Vista Server
• Installing Cisco VPN setup profiles.
• Performed monthly maintenance and Patch Management updates on all systems using windows update
• Installing OS using network Ghost.
• Setting up printers in the client machines
• Maintained Good SLA in resolving service desk tickets

Environment: ADS DHCP DNS RDP IIS FTP Windows 2000 Server Proxy Server etc.