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SUMMARY

  • Design, Implement and Manage Data Storage Systems & SAN Switches(Brocade and Cisco) including EMC VMAX10K/20K,VMAX3,VNX,DMX, Clariion, EMC XtreamIO, Hitachi and NetApp. Managed 200+ PB of Storage Managed different flavors of Storage Systems like EMC, NetApp and Hitachi.
  • Implementation, architecture, and design engineering of EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, VNX, Clariion, including local and remote replication (Replicator, TimeFinder, SRDF, RecoverPoint),
  • Migration planning and design using SANCopy, Open Replicator, SRDF, RecoverPoint, EMCPowerPath MigrationEnabler, HDS Volume Migration and HDS Mobility.
  • Data Migration from VNX / VMAX to VMAX3 using Open Replicator.
  • Configuring and managing VMAX3 SnapVX.
  • Performed data mobility migrations from DMX to VMAX, old VMAX to New Vmax from within the VPLEX.
  • Configured and allocated storage to the VDI build servers from XtremIO and PureStorage all flash arrays
  • Best practice design and layout of Symmetrix, VMax, VNX, CX, NS and RP.
  • Business Continuity solution architecture ensuring clients’ RPOs and RTOs are met, including bandwidth analysis for remote replication sizing and solution validation.
  • Provides the following custom services: EMC Symmetrix and CX/VNX performance analysis, SAN Assessment, Transition and Training, Remediation planning.
  • Hands on experience in installation, configuration and trouble shooting of Net backup on UNIX and Wintel platforms.
  • Manage VMWARE vSphere 4.1 & 5.X environments.
  • Install & configureVMwarevSphere suite of products ESX & ESXi.
  • Creating Virtual Machine Templates, Cloning Virtual Machines and datastore management.
  • Writing scripts for automating the tasks usingShell scripts, Perl, Sed & Awk.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Symmetrix VMAX10K/20K,VMAX3, DMX - 3/4, DMX800/1000/2000/3000, Unified VNX series, Clariion CX4 series,CX3 series, CX series, VPLEX, EMC XtreamIO, Celerra NS Series, Hitachi USP / USPV / USPVM, VSP & VSPG1000, Netapp FAS980c, FAS6030, Netapp FAS3070A & FAS6240, Brocade departmental and Director level switches, CISCO MDS Series, FCIP switches, FCoE Switches, CISCO Network switches Catalyst series, D-link switches.

Management Software: Unisphere Manager for VNX, Unisphere for VMAX, SMC, ECC, Prosphere, Solutions Enabler 6.x/7.x/8.0, Navisphere Manager, Celerra Manager, Powerpath, Storage Navigator Modular 2, Oncommand system manager,CISCO Fabric Manager / Device Manager.

Replication & Migration software: SRDF,TimeFinder,SnapVX, Recoverpoint, Celerra Replicator, SanCopy, Open Replicator, Powerpath Migration enabler.

Tools: Symmetrix Performance Analyzer (SPA), Workload Analyzer, STPNavigator, Performance Manager,Vcenter, Vpshere, Perl programming.Operating Systems: VMWARE ESX, vsphere, Sun Solaris 8/9/10, RHEL, Windows 2000, 2003, XP, 8

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Implementation, architecture, and design engineering of EMC Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, VNX, Clariion, XtremIO including local and remote replication (Replicator, TimeFinder, SRDF, RecoverPoint).
  • Implementation, architecture, and design engineering of EMC Symmetrix VMAX3.
  • Configuring and managing VMAX3 SnapVX.
  • Configuring the VSANs zones and zonesets in CISCO MDS switches using command line.
  • Performed firmware upgrades and zoning on Brocade Fiber Channel switches.
  • Performed day to day storage allocations and reclaims as requested by the server team.
  • Migration planning and design using SANCopy, Open Replicator, SRDF, RecoverPoint, EMCPowerPath MigrationEnabler.
  • Analyzed the data, configured FAST VP tier policies on VMAX and VNX
  • Performance analysis and improvement of existing VMAX/VNX/Clariion/Netapp filers.
  • Planning and coordination on VMAX/VNX/Clariion/Celerra code upgrades.
  • Configuring the zones and zonesets in CISCO MDS switche/Broacde using command line/GUI tools.
  • Clean-up and audit of existing SAN infrastructure, mapped port utilization and distribution, removed unused zones from the active zoneset, standardized aliases, disabled unused ports, and removed FC cabling.
  • Performed firmware upgrades and zoning on Brocade Fiber Channel switches.
  • Configured BCV s and Clones using Time finder tool in DMX 4 for data backup and testing environments
  • Monitor storage performance and utilization identify problems and recommend /implement solutions
  • Managed storage allocation for Clariion storage array using Navisphere Manager.
  • Creating raid groups binding luns creating Metaluns creating storage groups and registering hosts.
  • Performed data migration from Clariion CX4 480 240 to DMX using SAN Copy.
  • Generated Configuration reports for both Array and servers for future Capacity planning and made design recommendations based on Raid Type, Hot spares and numbers of drives per Application.
  • Created Aggregates Volumes and QTrees on NetApp arrays
  • Allocated CIFS shares and NFS mounts from NetApp Arrays to windows Active Directory accounts and UNIX servers respectively
  • Migrated the NFS data from standalone servers to NetApp filers and documented the implementation architecture for future reference
  • NetApp to DMX data migration using OR and Host level LVM.
  • Documented and architected the snapmirror and snapshot utilities of NetApp for Disaster Recovery.
  • Provided noledge transfers, design sessions and first-level onsite support.
  • Manage VMWARE vSphere 4.1 & 5.X environments.
  • Install & configureVMwarevSphere suite of products ESX & ESXi.
  • Creating Virtual Machine Templates, Cloning Virtual Machines and datastore management.
  • Hands on experience in installation, configuration and trouble shooting of Netbackup on UNIX and wintel platforms.
  • Good Knowledge on configuring and performing NDMP Backup
  • Setting up and troubleshooting features like HA/FT/DRS with EVC for the Virtual Machines for business continuity.
  • Writing scripts for automating the tasks usingShell scripts, Perl, Sed & Awk.

Confidential

Storage Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Storage Provisioning to Solaris and Windows hosts from Symmetrix DMX using ECC / SYMCLI.
  • Making BCV / Clone Copies for Backup and Reports Server.
  • Managing and administration of EMC CLARiiON systems CX500/700.
  • Creation of CIFS and NFS Shares on EMC Celerra.
  • Extending of File systems on EMC Celerra.
  • NetApp V-Filer 6080 management (NAS Storage)
  • Creating volumes and qtrees in NetApp storage.
  • NFS / CIFS shares and and enabling quotas.
  • Creating and configuring snapshots.
  • Snapmirror configuration and DR activities.
  • Scheduling reports using NetApp operations manager.
  • SAN migration from USP to Hitachi Thunder 9580.
  • Creating LUNs/RAID groups/Host groups/Storage ports/LUN Security/LUN Expansion using Storage Navigator and Storage Navigator modular.
  • Creating mirror copies and striping using VERITAS storage foundation 5.0
  • SAN Switches administration and code upgrades.
  • Netapp filer 940/570/3020 management (NAS Storage)
  • Creating volumes, qtrees in NetApp storage using FilerView software.
  • Creating and configuring snapshots.
  • Creating volumes and qtrees in NetApp storage.
  • NFS / CIFS shares and and enabling quotas.
  • Snapmirror configuration and DR activities.
  • Scheduling reports using NetApp operations manager.

Confidential

IT Analyst, System administrator

Responsibilities:

  • Storage provisioning to Windows/Solaris servers from Symmetrix 8830 through ECC.
  • Making BCV Copies for Backup and Reports Server.
  • Administrator of Asynchronous DR Site by using EMC SRDF/A.
  • Installation & Configuration of OS (Solaris & HP-UX)
  • Directly involved in installing, configuring, troubleshooting, performance monitoring & performance tuning of all mission critical SUN & HP servers.
  • Participating in a team of engineers in SUN/HP servers of wide range & ensuring an average uptime of 99%.
  • Implementing Online-Offline, Weekly-Monthly Backup Strategies for respective modules.
  • Dynamic Reconfiguration of Domains in Sun Fire 15K.
  • Managing File systems using HP LVM / VERITAS volume manager.
  • Implementing Online-Offline, Weekly-Monthly Backup Strategies for respective modules.
  • VERITAS cluster management.
  • Designing network monitoring tools using perl and management tools with shell scripting.
  • Implementing iptables/ipfilters rules over the night (automation).
  • Working with autosys (job scheduler).
  • Working with perforce for software maintains and version control.
  • Network trouble shooting with tcpdump / ethereal and tools designed with Perl.
  • Distributed database implementation and space management for storing rules.

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