SUMMARY:

• Over 9+ years of solid experience in Backup storage solutions architecture design, installation, configuration and administration in mission critical production environments in at large IT organizations.
• Having 9 + years of core experience in CommVault Backup technologies design, implementation and administration and Management, with excellent knowledge in CommVault, TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) Netbackup and EMC Avamar backup technologies.
• Design and Implement virtualization solutions based on VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x/5.x platform, vCenter 6.x/5. X
• Solid knowledge of system backup procedures
• Implemented and managed backup environments with EMC Avamar / NetBackup / CommVault / TSM.
• Worked in a backup environment where more than 2500 clients, 150 media servers and average daily data backup size is more than 1.2 PB.
• Installation, Implementing, Configuring and Administration of CommVault/Simpana (Version 9.0/10.0/11.0 ).
• Build and troubleshooting experience with ESX 5.0/6.0 servers and VSphere 5.0/6.0 infrastructure.
• Worked on Vcenter server 6.0,5.5 and Virtual center server 5.1 for managing multiple ESX servers.
• Performance monitoring for Servers and VMs on vSphere platform
• Configuring, maintain and troubleshooting of the Vcenter for various host and clusters.
• Good hands on vBlock and Vxblock Converged Infrastructures.
• Commvault upgrade from v9 to v11 & Servers moved from Netbackup to Commvault
• Configuring & Managing CommVault Media Agents.
• Re - naming the media agent as per the requirements.
• Troubleshooting and system related log analysis from OS, Software (VERITAS NetBackup) and Hardware perspective.
• Netbackup installation, configuration, maintenance and disaster recovery working on Data Domains / DDBoost including configuration, maintenance, performance tuning and replication. working with NetBackup using SAN media servers and Shared Storage Option (SSO).
• Implemented NetBackup for VMWARE in the environment. Vcenter used for mapping the ESX and backup proxy server (virtual machine) being used for performing backups.
• Installation (Auto Deployment) & configuring of different types of agents like, File System, SQL and Oracle.
• Configuring & scheduling backups and Creating Backup Policies as per requirement.
• Configuring & Managing Auxiliary copy backups from Magnetic Libraries to Tape.
• Installation and configuration of backup software for iDataAgent, SQL and Oracle agents, scheduling the clients for backups.
• Preparing Daily, Monthly backup reports and also providing the enhanced reports to the customer as requested.
• Experienced in Configuring the Different types of Storage policy creation as per Customer Requirement.
• Experienced in Configuring the Vcenters for Client Computers.
• Experienced of Media agent installation and configuring the Replica Disk Libraries.
• Index cache configuration for the media agents (network share or Local drive)
• Troubleshooting all client server and backup related issues.
• Addition of Media Server, Partitioning of tape libraries for master/media servers setting up of SAN.
• Troubleshooting and system related log analysis from OS, Software (VERITAS NetBackup) and Hardware perspective.
• Netbackup installation, configuration, maintenance and disaster recovery working on Data Domains / DDBoost including configuration, maintenance, performance tuning and replication. working with NetBackup using SAN media servers and Shared Storage Option (SSO).
• Implemented NetBackup for VMWARE in the environment. Vcenter used for mapping the ESX and backup proxy server (virtual machine) being used for performing backups.
• Installation, Implementing, Configuring and Administration of CommVault/Simpana.
• Working experience on TSM Implementation, up gradation, Administration and troubleshooting of Tivoli Storage Manager Server and Client on Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Strong Interpersonal, analytical and investigation skills, with a structured approach to problem solving.
• Configuring & Managing TSM Database, Storage pools, Recovery log and Policy Management.
• Configured Commserver, Media agent’s, Client & database idata agent’s and Library’s.
• Installing and configuring B/A clients, TDP SQL and TDP oracle as per the client requirements

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Backup software: CommVault 9.0/10.0/11.0, TSM Server 6.x/7.1 BA Client, TDP SQL, TDP ORACLE,TDP Exchange, TDP Oracle, TDP ERP, Net Backup, EMC Avamar.

VM Platforms: VMware vSphere Infrastructure 6.0/5.0 (ESX server & Virtual Center), VMware vCenter Converter

Operating systems: Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012 R2, Linux (RHEL5 &6), AIX, Solaris, HP-UX. ESXi 5.0 /5.1/6.0

Hardware: IBM 3582/3583/3584/ TS3100/TS3200, LTO Libraries, EMC Data Domain DD2500, DD4200

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Charlotte, NC

Sr Commvault Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Providing L3 support for the devices on process such Commvault backup Restore's.in Merck & Co Inc, Data Center.
• Configuring and Managing CommVault Media Agents. Re-naming the media agent as per the requirements.
• Implemented CommVault in the environment and Performed migrations from TSM to CommVault.
• Daily Health checks of CommVault servers using Dashboards.
• Configured CommServers, Media Agents, Client & database idata agents.
• Configuring, managing and troubleshooting CommVault backup and media servers as well as client computers.
• Installation, Implementing, Configuring and Administration of CommVault/Simpana
• Configured CommServers, Media Agents, and Client & database idata agents.
• Configuring, managing and troubleshooting CommVault backup and media servers as well as client computers.
• Backup, Restore, Archive Virtual Machines using CommVault Simpana.
• Perform configuration of client back-ups utilizing CommVault Simpana.
• Coordinates technology upgrades/ patching to effectively provide backup solutions via Simpana CommVault.
• Manage CommVault Simpana backup system with remote media agents and offsite backups with full disaster recovery testing and offsite warm hardware and data to reconstruct 400+ servers.
• Worked on Vcenter server 6.0,5.5 and Virtual center server 5.1 for managing multiple ESX servers.
• Performance monitoring for Servers and VMs on vSphere platform
• Configuring, maintain and troubleshooting of the Vcenter for various host and clusters.
• VMware vRealize Suite, formerly called vCenter Operations Management Suite
• Designed enterprise data protection solutions using CommVault Simpana software suite.
• Implemented Simpana software suite including backup, archive, e-discovery, replication, storage resource management and monitoring modules
• Successfully educated customers in effective use of CommVault software
• Managed and administered CommVault by overseeing backup policy, monitoring drive capacity, services, patches, daily check report, installing required agents and maintaining the backup infrastructure to ensure all Service Level Agreements are met.
• Monitored daily backup status, tape drive contention, troubleshooting of libraries and drives, restoration of missing files/directories, disaster recovery and other backup related activities.
• Troubleshoot Simpana back-up software issues consistent with errors and networking problems using switch commands; ping, telnet, nslookup, netstat, ipconfig and tracert.
• Implemented Simpana CommVault backup software - disk-to-disk backup design reduced risk and increased backup and restore speeds.
• Created and managed Virtual Machines, Installed VMware Tools, Templates, Cloning, Deployed Virtual machines.
• Troubleshooting and system related log analysis from OS, Software (VERITAS NetBackup) and Hardware perspective.
• Netbackup installation, configuration, maintenance and disaster recovery working on Data Domains / DDBoost including configuration, maintenance, performance tuning and replication. working with NetBackup using SAN media servers and Shared Storage Option (SSO).
• Implemented NetBackup for VMWARE in the environment. Vcenter used for mapping the ESX and backup proxy server (virtual machine) being used for performing backups.
• Installing vCenter server on Windows 2008/2012 Server to maintain all the ESXi hosts and VMs.
• Upgrade of ESXi hosts from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0 and applied patches to the ESXi hosts using VMware’s Update Manager. Migrated client's Data Protection environment solution from IBM TSM 6.1 to Commvault Simpana V10 SP2.
• Administered VMware Infrastructure vSphere/vCenter Environment from Development and support to day to day maintenance, running 50 ESXi hosts and 500 virtual machines.
• Designed, configured & maintained Active Directory Services on Windows 2000 / 2003 Domain Model Engaged in sharing & security resources by applying proper permissions
• Expertise in Commvault V9,10,11.
• Hands-on in VSA restores. & Hands-on in BMR Restores.
• Snap backup Restores and Sync migrations.
• Expertise in Backup failures & restore issues.
• Expertise in BMR One touch recovery

Confidential, Sterling, VA

Sr Backup Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing L3 support for the devices on process such as Incident, Problem, Service Request and Change.
• Troubleshooting and system related log analysis from OS, Software (VERITAS NetBackup) and Hardware perspective.
• Netbackup installation, configuration, maintenance and disaster recovery working on Data Domains / DDBoost including configuration, maintenance, performance tuning and replication.
• Performance monitoring for Servers and VMs on vSphere platform
• Configuring, maintain and troubleshooting of the Vcenter for various host and clusters working with NetBackup using SAN media servers and Shared Storage Option (SSO).
• Configured Commserver, Media agent’s, Client & database idata agent’s and Library’s.
• Managing backup infrastructure for an US based client, as Simpana Commvault 10.0 is the primarybackup application for the entire client (on all platforms).
• Installation, Implementing, Configuring and Administration of CommVault/Simpana (Version 9.0/10.0/11.0 ).
• Configuring & Managing CommVault Media Agents.
• Re-naming the media agent as per the requirements.
• Installation (Auto Deployment) & configuring of different types of agents like, File System, SQL and Oracle.
• Configuring & scheduling backups and Creating Backup Policies as per requirement.
• Configuring & Managing Auxiliary copy backups from Magnetic Libraries to Tape.
• Installation and configuration of backup software for iDataAgent, SQL and Oracle agents, scheduling the clients for backups.
• Preparing Daily, Monthly backup reports and also providing the enhanced reports to the customer as requested.
• Experienced in Configuring the Different types of Storage policy creation as per Customer Requirement.

Confidential, Dayton, Ohio

CommVault Systems Engineer

• Providing L3 support for the devices on process such asIncident, Problem, Service Request and Change.
• Configured Commserver, Media agent’s, Client & database idata agent’s and Library’s.
• Managing backup infrastructure for an US based client, as Simpana Commvault 10.0 is the primarybackup application for the entire client (on all platforms).
• Restoring the user data (Sql & Oracle database restores) as per the users request from the tapes within the retention period and from outside the retention period.
• Installing the various Media agents for various servers, adding new clients for the Commvault environment.
• Troubleshooting and system related log analysis from OS, Software (VERITAS NetBackup) and Hardware perspective.
• Installation clients/ servers on NetBackup
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues for the tape Libraries.
• Managing and creating different types of the policies for the backup jobs.
• Performed DR Activity.
• Configuring Oracle Database for Backup.
• Configuring Sql Database for Backup.
• Configured Commserver, Media agent’s, Client & database idata agent’s and Library’s
• Library Management, maintaining Scratch Volumes and Log Monitoring daily.
• Working on DRM, Export and Import Admin Process.
• Experience in involving Backup, Recovery and Administration tasks such as Migration, reclamation and Expiration.
• Troubleshooting issues related to Client and Admin schedules.
• Reviewed and managed client backup data to ensure successful storage data protection.
• Made on-site visits for everything from training to server and hardware maintenance
• Worked with clients to assess needs and implemented procedures and tasks for appropriate backup protocols.
• Performed NBU Media server, client installation and configuration.
• Configured and managed NBU backup systems.
• Performed system backup duties and routine checks.
• Developed and implemented updated backup policies.
• Installation, configuration and administration of EMC Data Domain.
• Prepared documentation of practices processes and policies regarding net backups

Confidential, Plantation, FL

Backup Specialist

• Configured Commserver, Media agent’s, Client & database idata agent’s and Library’s.
• Managing backup infrastructure for an US based client, as Simpana Commvault 9.0 is the primarybackup application for the entire client (on all platforms).
• Fully understand and support all Backup administration and management policies and procedures.
• Managing the backup infrastructure to ensure all Service Level Agreements are met.
• Implement approved tested, regression planned changes to the Backup infrastructure within agreed outage periods.
• Scheduling the backups as per the change requirements by overriding the schedule as and when required.
• Restoring the user data (Sql & Oracle database restores) as per the users request from the tapes within the retention period and from outside the retention period.
• Configuring & Managing CommVault Media Agents.
• Re-naming the media agent as per the requirements.
• Installation (Auto Deployment) & configuring of different types of agents like, File System, SQL and Oracle.
• Configuring & scheduling backups and Creating Backup Policies as per requirement.
• Configuring & Managing Auxiliary copy backups from Magnetic Libraries to Tape.
• Installation and configuration of backup software for iDataAgent, SQL and Oracle agents, scheduling the clients for backups
• Monitoring daily backup status, handling tape changes, troubleshooting of tape libraries and drives, restoration of missing files/directories, disaster recovery and other backup related activities.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues for the tape Libraries.
• Managing and creating different types of the policies for the backup jobs.
• Configuring & Managing TSM backup, upgrade, administration and troubleshooting Tivoli storage manager server and client on windows and UNIX platforms.
• Administrative operations in TSM Server for Controlling Migration process, backup storage pools, TSM DB backup, volhist backup, device configuration backup, Expire inventory processes.
• Experience in involving Backup, Recovery and Administration tasks such as Migration, reclamation and Expiration.
• Planning TSM backups with required retention periods based on the Client Implementation Request, and associating them to the schedules.
• Auditing Tape volume errors and restoring data from copy tape.
• TSM migration between data centers.
• Perform daily health checks on regular basis and work on the point of interest.
• Configured and managed NBU backup systems.
• Prepared documentation of practices processes and policies regarding net backups
• Installation and configuration of backup software for iData Agent, SQL and Oracle agents, scheduling the clients for backups.

Confidential

Technical specialist

• Configured Commserver, Media agent’s, Client & database idata agent’s and Library’s.
• Managing backup infrastructure for an US based client, as Simpana Commvault 9.0 is the primary backup application for the entire client (on all platforms).
• Restoring the user data (Sql & Oracle database restores) as per the users request from the tapes within the retention period and from outside the retention period.
• Installing the various Media agents for various servers, adding new clients for the Commvault environment.
• Configuring Sql Database for Backup.
• Configured Commserver, Media agent’s, Client & database idata agent’s and Library’s
• Library Management, maintaining Scratch Volumes and Log Monitoring daily.
• Working on DRM, Export and Import Admin Process.
• Experience in involving Backup, Recovery and Administration tasks such as Migration, reclamation and Expiration.
• Troubleshooting issues related to Client and Admin schedules.
• Reviewed and managed client backup data to ensure successful storage data protection.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues for the tape Libraries.
• Managing and creating different types of the policies for the backup jobs.
• Performed DR Activity.
• Configuring Oracle Database for Backup.
• Checking administrative schedules like DB BACKUP, BACKUP STG and client schedules; if any failures working on it based on the priority.
• Reporting the backup status to the superiors and working on the client restorations.
• Tuning of TSM Server and client parameters to improve backup performance.
• Configuration of TSM Reporting for all TSM servers
• Tape Library availability, performance monitoring & reporting of drives and paths.
• Experienced TSM DB Restoration, Recovery log and DB high utilization and crashed.
• DRM implementation and LAN-Free configuration
• Recover the Missed Primary, Copy and Active STG pool volumes.

Confidential

TSM Administrator

• Working on Schedules to take periodic backups of Production Servers
• Installation, Implementing, Configuring and Administration of CommVault/Simpana (Version 9.0).
• Installation, Implementing, Configuring and Administration of CommVault/Simpana
• Configured CommServers, Media Agents, and Client & database idata agents.
• Configuring, managing and troubleshooting CommVault backup and media servers as well as client computers.
• Backup, Restore, Archive Virtual Machines using CommVault Simpana.
• Checking administrative schedules like DB BACKUP, BACKUP STG and client schedules; if any failures working on it based on the priority.
• Reporting the backup status to the superiors and working on the client restorations.
• Tuning of TSM Server and client parameters to improve backup performance.
• Configuration of TSM Reporting for all TSM servers
• Tape Library availability, performance monitoring & reporting of drives and paths.
• Experienced TSM DB Restoration, Recovery log and DB high utilization and crashed.
• DRM implementation and LAN-Free configuration
• Recover the Missed Primary, Copy and Active STG pool volumes.
• Performed DB Reorganization.
• Define and Configure the Policy domain, Policy Set, Management class, Backup copy group, Archive copy group and its parameters as per Customers requirement.
• Configuring TSM operations like expiration, migration, reclamation, collocation etc.