SUMMARY:

• Storage area network administration using storage frames from EMC, HDS, IBM
• NetApp on Brocade, Cisco, and McData SAN fabrics; data replication using EMC TimeFinder, EMC
• Symmetrix Remote Data Facility(SRDF), IBM Flash Copy, and IBM Global Mirror.

EXPERIENCE:

Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created documentation of storage area network architecture using Microsoft Visio 2007 to depict physical fabric and inter switch link(ISL) configuration from core and edge switches; server connectivity using HBA and NIC for both block and file protocols; storage area network extendersvirtual tape library, and storage subsystems used for project planning and storage migration.
• Performed management of storage area network fabric consisting of McData director and edge switches using EFCM 9.X to provision storage from EMC DMX3/4, IBM DS5000, and DS8000 frames on VMware ESX, Windows 2008, and IBM AIX. Managed firmware refresh project involving remediation of host operating system and HBA firmware for interoperability with SAN fabric.
• Performed installation of IBM SAN Volume Controller(SVC) 8G4 four node cluster virtualizing storage on IBM DS4800/DS8000 frames.
• Performed installation of IBM EXP810 disk expansion unit providing additional storage capacity.
• Provided storage resource reporting using data from IBM Tivoli Productivity Center host agents on VMware ESX, Windows 2008, and IBM AIX.
• Performed installation of IBM Tivoli Productivity Center for Replication managing asynchronous replication with Global Mirror, Metro Mirror, and Flash Copy.
• Managed replication sessions between primary data center and recovery site at Confidential .
• Participated in disaster recovery exercises to validate business continuity plan with SunGard Protection Services.

Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed storage provisioning using IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) to virtualize storage frames from EMC DMX3, HDS USP 9980, and IBM DS8000.
• Configured managed disks using symdevs, ldevs, and ranks from multi vendor storage arrays and performed LUN presentation on IBM AIX, Sun
• Solaris, SUSE Linux, and Microsoft Windows Server.
• Performed design of storage provisioning process to VMware VI3 system infrastructure using VMFS for ESX server host and NPIV and RDM LUNs for virtual machine hosts.
• Performed zoning of ESX server physical HBAs and configured NPIV ports on virtual machines and populated SAN fabric name server with NPIV WWPNs.
• Performed storage provisioning with HP CommandView on Enterprise Virtual Array on Microsoft Windows Server and VMware VI3 using HP BladeSystem C enclosures.
• Performed storage frame migrations using HP Continuous Access remote replication, and SAN infrastructure monitoring/capacity planning with HP Storage Essentials 6.0.
• Performed management of Symantec Netbackup 6.0 infrastructure running on Solaris 10 using Sun SPARC hardware.
• Identified performance constraints inhibiting optimal throughput of back data.
• Isolated failed components that caused job failures and with coordination of the host administration team, replaced HBAs restoring backup service.

Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed data center operations on a multi petabyte storage area network consisting of EMC Clariion, EMC Symmetrix 7000, EMC DMX 2/3, Confidential Thunder, and Confidential AMS1000 storage enclosures. Performed administration of storage area network fabric consisting of Brocade 4100 switches in a redundant core - edge configuration.
• Performed Brocade Fabric OS firmware updates on SAN fabric; replaced fibre cable, SFP, and HBA components to resolve inter-switch link and multi path connectivity. Coordinated with customer engineers from EMC and Confidential to perform replacement of cache boards, front end adapter, and back end adapter boards under break/fix change management policy.
• Performed installation of EMC Solutions Enabler software on Sun Solaris operating system to enable management of EMC Symmetrix storage enclosures using SYMCLI. Performed administration of EMC storage enclosures, including lun masking using SYMCLI and microcode updates with EMC support conformant to change management records and policies.
• Performed configuration of device groups using standard and business continuance symmetrix logical volumes using Timefinder Mirror/Clone and Symmetrix Remote Data Facility(SRDF). Coordinated restore operations with server operations team to facilitate point in time database recoveries using business continuance volumes( Confidential ).

Unix Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation of Cisco MDS-9509 and Cisco MDS-9216 using a core-edge fabric configuration, providing scalable and highly available storage services. Designed SAN topology using Cisco VSAN virtual storage area networks and zoning to secure/partition i/o traffic with EMC Navisphere management inerface to provision storage on Clariion CX500 frame.
• Performed unix system backup and recovery with Veritas Netbackup 5.0 and the Sun StorEDGE L20 tape library using DLT tape media.
• Performed cost benefit analysis of current backup infrastructure and designed an enterprise backup solution using the Quantum i2000 tape library and Veritas Netbackup for Unix, Novell, and Windows.
• Performed installation of Solaris 10 on Sun Fire V440 servers using Oracle 10g RAC, Veritas File System(VxFS), Veritas Volume Manager(VxVM), and Veritas Cluster Server 4.1.
• Performed installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 on Sun Fire V20z using Apache HTTPS 2.0 and Apache Tomcat 5.0 for Archival Research Catalog(ARC).
• Performed configuration of EMC Celerra NS500 network attached storage(NAS) unit using iSCSI and CIFS storage protocols.
• Created user accounts using Windows XP Local Users and Computers MMC for NTLM1/2 authentication.
• Mounted filesystem from Clariion CX500 data mover and created share level access permissions.

Unix Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation of Cisco MDS-9509 and Cisco IP storage services blade using a collapsed core fabric topology and iSCSI storage services on IBM AIX. Installed SAN-OS 1.3 enabling the use of IP storage services blade and designed SAN topology using virtual storage area networks and fabric zoning to secure and partition i/o traffic.
• Performed configuration of Confidential Thunder 9570V RAID array with Confidential Resource Manager to provision storage for DB2 database servers. Storage configuration included RAID5 disk groups using hot spares for data relocation resulting from device failures, and logical unit(LUN) masking to provide storage security.
• Performed configuration of IBM P650 running AIX 5.2 and iSCSI volumes using IBM iSCSI initiator and the Cisco IP storage services blade for DB2 8 RDBMS.
• Configured redundant Gigabit Ethernet adapters using jumbo frames to provide scalable and high available iSCSI volumes with the IBM AIX Logical Volume Manager.
• Performed configuration of Spectra Logic 12000 tape library using fibre channel quad interface processors(QIP) and AIT-2 tape drives.
• Zoned fibre channel QIP including a dedicated host bus adapter(HBA) for backup path. Performed installation of SyncSort Backup Express 2.1 for backup and restore of DB2 databases and NetApp Filers.