SUMMARY

• Experience in Storage infrastructure that includes EMC CLARiiON CX300/CX600, Symmetric EMC DMX - 4, VAMX-2 and VMAX-3 VNX block and Unified, VPLEX local and metro, EMC XTREMIO, IsilonX410/ IQ 6000X and NetApp ESeries, 7-Mode and C-Mode storage systems FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600, IBM DS8800/8700, Hitachi VSP, HPEVA, HP 3par server storage 7000/10000. GUI and Cli.
• Hand on experience with EMC Symmetric DMX, V-MAX, Recoverpoint, VPLEX, CLARiiON CX series, VNX block and unified and Isilon X400/IQ 6000X.
• Experience on VMware Infrastructure & implementation, VMware products, specifically cloud related vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, NSX.
• Good experience HP 3par server storage design 7040c, 8040c and 10800.
• Experience in Sun Solaris, RedHat Enterprise Linux and Windows 2003/2008/2012 Systems Administration.
• Automation Python Scripting Develop and document standards in the areas of configuration, provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, installation and compliance.
• Experience with Backup and Recovery software VERITAS NetBackup.
• Administration includes provisioning and implementing best practices for block, fiber channel, iSCSI and NAS storage allocation, zoning, troubleshooting, taking daily & weekend backups and maintenance of Storage arrays & SAN fabric for Severs Oracle database, Oracle ASM, OEM Cloud Control 12c, Oracle Data Guard, Performance Tuning using AWR Reports Application servers, MS SQL servers, VIRITAS and VM machines. vSphere 6.x, 5.x, 4.x; vCenter 6.x, 5.x, 4.x, 3.5 (including web client)
• Strong experience with full lifecycle management of vSphere (plan, install, configure, manage, decommission)
• Deep background in DRS, Storage DRS, SPBM, Auto-deploy, virtual networking, HA, vMotion, and Storage vMotion
• Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter with Windows Server Essentials Experience role in an Existing Active Directory
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch&dvSwitch.
• Expert knowledge on configuring hardware iSCSI and NFS storage to VMware ESX (i) hosts from vSphere client.
• Experience on VMware Infrastructure & implementation, VMware products, specifically cloud related vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, NSX.
• Experience allocations, monitoring and troubleshooting with SAN tools ProSphere, ViPR and CMCNE (Brocade tool)
• Experience designing, deploying and administrating SAN fabrics (Cisco MDS, Brocade DCX).
• Experience in Administration of Storage to Multiprotocol Environments like CIFS and NFS in Celerra/NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600, SAN/NAS environment, NAS Administration on Isilon X400 5 node cluster.
• NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 Filers for the best practice.
• Configuring NFS/CIFS with NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600, Troubleshooting performance Issues .
• Applications using HP Centralized Management Console. Performed SAN (FC and iSCSI) and NAS (CIFS and NFS) storage provisioning according to best practices from Isilon, VNX and VMAX storage arrays.
• Implemented DR solutions for enterprise applications and databases using SRDF.
• Performed FILE based and BLOCK based allocations, created File Systems on ISILON using OneFS, VNX using UNISPHERE. Created backups and setup replication for SMB and NFS shares on ISILON and VNX arrays.
• Brought IBM DS8800/HPEVA and VMAX systems behind the Vplex metro/Local.
• Installed RPA across three sites integrating with Vplex (using Vplex splitter)
• Excellent experience in administration and configuration of Brocade Brocade 8710, Brocade 6520, Brocade 6510, HP B-series 8/12c, Cisco MDS and McData of Storage to Multiprotocol Environments like CIFS and NFS in Celerra VNX, NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 SAN/NAS environment.
• Installed and Configured iSCSI, Fiber Channel, TCP/IP protocols with in SAN/NAS environment.
• Strong understanding of different databases and their storage requirements.
• Design, configuration, monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting of high end disk storage systems such as EMC Symmetrix/DMX, CLARiiON and NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 in 24x7 mission critical production environment
• Migrated from NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 to VMAX by using Open Migrator.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• EMC Symmetrix DMX-3, V-MAX, VNX, XtremIO, VSan, VPLEX, CLARiiON CX4,CX3-40,CX3-20,IBMv7000,Recover point, Celerra NS20,NS40G, NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 FAS 6040, FAS 3040, FAS 3070, Isilon X400, Near Store R200.
• Brocade 4100, 4900, 5000, 8710, 6520, 6510, Mi10K, 48000, Cisco MDS- / 9506/9509 /9513 McData 3232.
• ECC, SymCLI, SMC, Unisphere for VMAX,NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600, Navisphere Manager, NaviCLI, Celerra Manager, MirrorView SAN Copy, TimeFinder, SRDF, Storage Scope, Solutions Enabler, PowerPath, Connectrix manger, Fabric Manager, Celerra Replicator, SAN Manager, Performance Manager, Open Replicator, Data ONTAP 7.x., SnapMirror, SnapVault, SyncMirror, SnapDrive, SnapLock, DataFabric Manager, FilerView.
• Solaris, Unix, Linux, HP-UX,Windows 2008/010/12.
• Vmware Esxi 6.5/6/5.5/5.1/5.0 Microsoft Hyper-V, Nuntanix- AOS
• VXRAIL, VRACK and Nutanix.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. SAN Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Design, Installation, administration, provisioning & decommissioning, data-migration, and hands on multi SAN vendors.
• Responsible for storage provisioning tasks beginning with end user requests, Performance tuning, creation of LUNs, mapping, masking, zoning, and ensuring storage availability at the operating system
• Responsible for storage performance analysis and troubleshooting as well as storage capacity management and planning
• Automation Python scripting configuration, provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, installation and troubleshooting,
• Storage infrastructure that includes day to day operations, performing, monitoring EMC Symmetric VMAX-2, VMAX-3, VMAX all flash, XtremIO, VNX3, NETAPP FAS E3200, FAS6200, HP 3par storage 7000, 10000.
• EMC Symmetric, VNX 5100, 5200, 5400, 5600, Vmax40k, VMAX3,VMAX 100K. VMAX 200K and XtremIO8X brick cluster, Unisphere and Cli, Veritas Netback up.
• Configure, Administration, allocation and troubleshoot EMC Symmetric V-MAX, VNX block and unified, EMC XtremIO 6X brick cluster and 8X brick cluster and Isilon X400.
• Experience with Backup and recovery NetBackup Veritas.
• Experience allocations, monitoring and troubleshooting with SAN tools ViPR and CMCNE (Brocade tool)
• Provisioning / de-provisioning, zoning, troubleshooting, taking daily & weekend backups and maintenance of Storage arrays & SAN fabric for Severs Oracle database, Application servers, VIRITAS and VM machines.
• Working VMware and vRealize Automation Environment.
• Working on Server Refresh project, vCenter UPGRADE PROJECT and VM Right sizing Project.
• Creating New Datacenter in the Existing vCenter and adding the ESXI hosts.
• Build the 2012 servers by using the Template.
• Converting Phyiscal servers to VM and migrating the data from P2V.
• Reclaiming and Rightsizing the VMs for HOME OFFICE site Significant expertise in the configuration, & support of NETAPP FAS2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 storage systems running the Data ONTAP operation system 7.x and higher.
• A solid understanding of the Write Anywhere File Layout (WAFL) file system, volumes, aggregates, qtrees, and quotas is required.
• Expertise in implementing NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 active-active controller
• Configurations to ensure continuous data availability and rapid recovery of data in the event of a disaster, and in using the SnapMirror, and SnapVault products to manage and protect.
• Day to day troubleshooting includes rectify hardware replacement, upgrades, resolving partial path issues, space management, export management, troubleshooting etc.
• Good skills and experience in RedHat Enterprise Linux and Windows 2008/2012R2, ESXi Systems.
• Hands on OS VMware, Solaris, Linux, Windows, AIX, and HP-UX.
• Encapsulated storage from Hitachi VSP and IBM SVC systems to EMC.
• Hands on Hitachi VSP/USP, Hitachi True copy, Universal manager.
• Hands on Hitachi VSP/USP, True copy VSP, IBM DS8000.
• Migrated production data using storage Vmotion from IBMv7000 to Vmax20K
• Encapsulated storage from HPEVA and IBM SVC systems.
• Excellent experience in administration and configuration and upgrade from scratch Brocade Brocade 8710, Brocade 6520, Brocade 6510, HP B-series 8/12c.
• SAN fabric administration, zoning and alias creation and trouble shoot.
• Install and configure and upgrade EMC PowerPath, Host agent and trouble shoot.
• Expert DM multipathing and PowerPath. Experienced with PPME migration technique.
• Experience on VMware Infrastructure & implementation experience on ESX 4.1/5.1./6.1 , vSphere, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, NSX.
• Installed and configured VMware vSphere client 5.0 and 5.5, creating virtual machines, loading OS, network configuration though puppet or manual and maintaining day to day administration troubleshooting VM’s performance.

Environment: Symmetrix VMAX,VNX,HP3par,CLARiiON, VNX, Veritas NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2500, FAS E6500, Cisco MDS 9509/9506, Brocade /48K, SAN Manager, Performance Manager, Storage Scope, EMC PowerPath, DM multipath, SymCLI, NaviCLI, Navisphere Manager, Uniphere Manage console, Solutions Enabler CLI, SRDF/S, Open replicator, SAN copy, Veritas NetBackup 6.x, Windows 2008/2012/NT, AIX, VMWARE ESX/ESXi Server. Brocade 4100, 4900, 5000, 8710, 6520, 6510, Mi10K, 48000, Cisco MDS- / 9506/9509 /9513 McData 3232.

Confidential - Memphis TN

SAN Operation Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Administrated and maintained Symmetrix DMX 3, VMAX40k, VNX, Vplex, Isilon X400 which also included tuning and optimization of Storage Arrays.
• Day-to-day administration included storage allocation, zoning, troubleshooting, taking daily & weekend backups & maintenance of Storage arrays & SAN fabric.
• Configuring, Installation and Implementing Vplex metro, behind VMAX 20K, 40K, IBM SVC, IBM V7000 and HPEVA.
• Experience allocations, monitoring and troubleshooting with SAN tools ProSphere, ViPR and CMCNE (Brocade tool).
• System Reporter overview and components SSMC and Cli
• Configure HP3par StoreServe Management Console (SSMC), Management Console (MC), Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Configure HP3par Quick, custom, and scheduled reports
• HP3par Peer Motion purpose and benefits, Storage Federation, Configuring Peer Motion using SSMC and Management Console
• Administering a Peer Motion configuration, Peer Motion Command Line Interface (PMCLI)
• HP3par Viewing alert, viewing events, system reports, SNMP, HP3par monitoring. NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 arrays/Filers. Expertise across a broad range of Storage Operations functions, including knowledge of Networking, Unix/Linux, and Windows.
• Strong technical knowledge in Windows access controls
• Knowledge of NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 products and Knowledge of NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 Data Fabric Manager and Operations Manager
• Experience with NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 Protection Manager and with NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 SnapVault and SnapMirrorProviding in-depth support, and performance management for CIFS & NFS mounts on a NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 Filer in a multi-protocol environment.
• Significant expertise in the configuration, & support of NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 storage systems running the Data ONTAP operation system 7.x and higher.
• A solid understanding of the Write Anywhere File Layout (WAFL) file system, volumes, aggregates, qtrees, and quotas is required.
• Expertise in implementing NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 active-active controller configurations to ensure continuous data availability and rapid recovery of data in the event of a disaster.
• Day to day operations includes rectify hardware replacement, upgrades, resolving partial path issues, space management, export management, troubleshooting etc
• Hands on VMware, Solaris, Linux, Windows, AIX, and HP-UX.
• Brought IBM SVC/HPEVA and VMAX systems behind the Vplex metro/Local
• Administration of Isilon X400 5 node cluster.
• Performed Federated tired Storage between IBMv7000 and Vmax20K.
• Design of migration plan from VMAX 20k to VMAX 10k behind VPLEX appliance.
• Migration of data from VNX 5300 to VMAX 20k by using SAN Copy.
• Data migration using PPME on host level .
• Encapsulated storage from Hitachi VSP and IBM SVC systems to EMC.
• Hands on Hitachi VSP/USP, Hitachi True copy, Universal manager.
• Hands on Hitachi VSP/USP, True copy VSP, IBM DS8000.
• Migrated production data using storage vmotion from IBMv7000 to Vmax40K
• Encapsulated storage from HPEVA and IBM SVC systems.
• Brought IBM SVC/HPEVA and VMAX systems behind the Vplex metro/Local.
• Installed RPA across three sites integrating with Vplex (using Vplex splitter)
• Configured separate pools for journals on each Vmax system.
• Encapsulated storage from HPEVA and IBM SVC systems. .
• Hands on VMware Infrastructure & implementation experience on ESX 4.1/5.1., VMware vSphere 5.0.
• Performed Zoning on Brocade switches 8510’s and cisco 9513’s using CLI and GUI.
• Performed Federated tired Storage between IBMv7000 and Vmax20K.
• Design of migration plan from VMAX 20k to VMAX 10k behind VPLEX appliance.

Environment: Symmetrix VMAX NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 DMX, CLARiiON CX4/CX3-80, HP Storage (super Domes), HDS (Hitachi data). Brocade4100/4900/Mi10K, Cisco 9513,EMC Control Center, PowerPath, SRDF, TimeFinder, SnapView, MirrorView, SAN Copy, Veritas NetBackup, Emulex, Qlogic HBAs, Web tools, Fabric manager, VM Ware ESX servers, Open replicator, EMC PowerPath, Storage Scope. Brocade 4100, 4900, 5000, 8710, 6520, 6510, Mi10K, 48000, Cisco MDS- / 9506/9509 /9513 McData 3232.

Confidential

SAN Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Administration of EMC Symmetrix DMX 2000/4000,Vmax 20k, VNX 5200, 5300 block and unified, CLARiiON CX300/CX600,Vpelex Metro and HP 3par server storage 70200, 7450 (V400 and V800 ),
• Day-to-day administration includes storage allocation, zoning, troubleshooting, taking daily & weekend backups and maintenance of Storage arrays & SAN fabric.
• Tools used like ECC, SYMCLI, Navisphere and NaviCLI to work on SAN infrastructure.
• Installed Navisphere agent and NaviCLI on all the hosts in CLARiiON environment.
• Administrated Data Migration from CX600 to DMX 3000 and DMX 800 to DMX 3000 using Open replicator.
• HP3par day-to-day administration includes storage allocation performance management and capacity planning for Storage infrastructure, zoning, troubleshooting.
• Working with Virtual Volumes (VV) in Management Console GUI and Cli
• Configuration a Thin Provisioned VV using SSMC and Cli
• Configuration Multiple Virtual Volumes using SSMC and Cli
• Working with CPGs and VVs using the SSMC and Cli
• Expert in provisioning, troubleshooting, and administering HDS and NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 storage hardware including VSP, AMS, USPV & G1000
• Monitor systems and create SAN health reports as required using the monitoring and management tools such as NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 Network Operations Manager and Hitachi Command suite.
• Create SAN health reports using NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 On Command Insight (OCI).
• ONTAP OS, Snapmirror and storage management tools
• Installed, configured, and troubleshooting of Cisco MDS 9509/9506, Brocade 5000/4900 & McData 3232.
• Installed, configured and zoned Brocade and McData switches using Fabric Manager.
• Installed, configured and zoned Cisco switches using Connectrix Manager..
• Performed Storage allocation by creating RAID, RAID groups, LUN, storages groups, binding LUN’s and making the storage volume available to the host by zoning the Fabric. .
• Configured and administered Fiber Channel Switches (Brocade and McData) and Zoning.
• Zoned M-series switches with Fabric Manager.
• Installed and configured Emulex and Qlogic HBAs for SAN connectivity.
• Installed Veritas DMP for load balancing and better path failover connectivity.
• Performing necessary tuning and optimization of storage infrastructure in accordance with EMC and customer's change management policies
• VMware Infrastructure & implementation experience on ESX 4.1/5.1., VMware vSphere 5.0.
• Installed and configured VMware vSphere client 5.0 and 5.5, creating virtual machines, loading OS, network configuration, maintaining day to day administration troubleshooting VM’s performance.
• Assigned storage to VMware vSphere client 5.0, 5.1 in a multi hosts shared storage environment.

Environment: CLARiiON 300/600, DMX 2000/3000,VNX 5100,5300, NETAPP FAS 2500, FAS E2700, FAS E5600 FAS 6040, FAS 3040, Cisco MDS 9509/9506, Brocade 5000/ 4900, McData 3232, ECC, SymCLI, Navisphere, NaviCLI, EMC PowerPath, BCV, SRDF, Snapview, Mirrorview, TimeFinder, Open Replicator Legato Networker, Veritas Volume Manger, Q-logic, Emulex, Fabric Manager, Connectrix Manager, AIX, Windows 2000/2003