SUMMARY

• Wintel/VMware System Administrator with 7+ years of experience in Information Technology with expertise in installation, configuration up gradation, support and administration of Windows server 2000/2003/2008 at single domain platforms, installing Domain Controller and implementing Active Directory, working on user accounts and group policies.
• Extensive experience working with vSphere 4.0/4.1/5 products. Strong experience on VMware vSphere 5.0 features including vMotion and storage vMotion, High Availability (HA), Fault Tolerance (FT), Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS), Distributed Power Management (DPM)
• Familiarity with Citrix Xenapp 6.5 and presentation server 4.5 environment.
• Created, managed and supported VMs. Installed and Upgraded VMware tools on all Windows Machines.
• Created, managed and supported Physical boxes - HP Blade servers.
• Troubleshooting hardware and software issues for Windows server 2003/2008/2008 R2. Sys logs, IML and ILO logs, Bug check - Kernel Dump, Small memory dump as well as complete memory dump, Perfmon log,
• Worked extensively on Templates, snapshots and clones. Creating templates and deploy VMs and upgrading them with latest MS Patches.
• Manage Licensing with KMS key, SAN Policy, Page Files sizes and location, Dump file settings, registry settings for SNMP, install and manage SEP, SolarWinds and Putty.
• Worked on HP Proliant Blade servers, Dell Power Edge rack mount servers and was involved in upgradation of HDD, Memory and CPU.
• Expertise with Windows Active Directory installation and user administration. Configuring active directory domain controller and RDP access. Day to day troubleshooting of Windows Server Operating System issues.
• Handled P2V and V2V conversions using tools like stand-alone vConverter and Platespin for Windows and Linux boxes.
• High understanding on resource management framework like creation resource pools and adding teh VMs into resource pools.
• Experience in upgrading ESX/ESXi host, vCenter Servers from 3.5 to 4.0 to 5.0.
• Worked on HP Service Manager 7 and Remedy ticketing systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMware: VMware vSphere 4.0 and 4.1, 5.0, VMware ESX 3.5, ESXI 4.0/4.1, 5.0, Hyper-V, Virtual Center Server 4.0, 4.1, 5, VMware SRM 4.1, VMware Converter Enterprise, VMware Update Manager, VMware View (VDI), VMware ThinApp

Windows: Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2

Skills: Database Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, SQL 2003, Microsoft SQL Server

2000/2005/2008. OS: Windows (95-2K8), Windows XPprofessional, Windows XPe, Windows Vista, HP-UX 11x, RHEL

Remote Management: HP-SIM, HP-ILO, Dell- DRAC, IPMIVEW

Hardware: HP Proliant DL360 G7, DL380 G6, DL385 G1, DL385 G2

HP Blade Server BL35p, BL 460c G1, BL460c G6, BL 465c G6HP Blade chassis c3000, c7000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Wintel Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administering/Supporting production servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, Exchange 2003/2010 Mail Servers, DNS, DHCP, File and print Servers on Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2.
• Built Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2 Servers - clustered and non-clustered, on standalone and blade servers - Configuring ILO, Configuring RAID 1/5, Installing OS W2K3/W2K8/W2K8R2 SP1, setting up VLAN, configuring NIC teaming etc.
• Installed ESXi hosts and VC’s. Created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from teh images. Upgraded Templates with latest patches.
• Performed Virtual Machines backup, snapshots, cloning, P2V and V2V conversion using VMware stand-alone convertor.
• Member of Project IT team responsible for maintaining datacenters and associated running systems, involved with developing and implementing IT initiatives to increase productivity and efficiency while reducing management overhead. Managed major issues involved in projects effecting both internal and external customer.
• Maintained inventory for all servers for invoice purpose
• Installed & configured Windows 2008 with Active Directory service. Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Worked hand in hand with teh Project Manager and halped him manage server builds as well as documentation with extensive team work.
• Creating/Managing Virtual Machines, creating clones and templates/images for deploying VMs, audit them for perfection and manage utilities and applications installed on those VMs.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy. Recommends resolutions to complex matters of significance and coordinate teh implementation of teh approved course of action.
• Responsible for quickly troubleshooting high priority issues for end client, related to Windows OS and HP Blade servers in full-fledged production network.
• VMware Environment had 3 Virtual Centers, 7 Data Centers, 11 Clusters, 43 ESXi hosts and 1499 VMs; HP Proliant Blade servers for various clients.

Confidential, Rancho, CA

Windows/VMware Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Involved in live migration/cold migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using teh VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Installing and troubleshooting ESX/ESXi servers on HP, DELL hardware.
• Administrating production servers/network infrastructure that includes Wintel; Windows 2000/2003 servers, Active Directory Services, installation and deployment of enterprise-wide Group Policies (GPO), Domain Users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment using Active Directory components
• Strong experience with teh VMware HA (High Availability), Fault Tolerance, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and VMware Distributed Power Management (DPM).
• Responsible for halpdesk support using Spiceworks ticketing system, inventory and system reporting.
• Performed day-to-day administration of Wintel Servers. Updates, deployment of windows OS. Installed Windows 2008/2003 Servers on standalone and blade servers and configured admin rolesIncreased drives of teh Virtual Machine
• Updating Firmware and Bios of teh Hardware
• Worked on Netbackup and restore of Vmware host server configuration,
• Weekly backup of Virtual Machines using features like snapshot.
• P2V-V2V conversation with VMware converter and Platespin.
• Hands on experience with VMware VSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0.
• Installed vCenter Server instances to enable centralized management of multiple hosts. Maintaining and troubleshooting VMware vCenter
• Installing, maintaining and troubleshooting VMware VI client 4.0/4.1/5.0.
• Monitored and Maintained VMware Environment which included 25 ESXi 4.0 Servers, 2 Clusters and 450 Virtual Machines.
• Implemented disaster recovery utilizing VDR.
• Installation using features like HP ILO 2/3 to install ESXi in remote servers.
• Assisted in initial setup and connectivity issues between ESX/ESXi hosts and storage arrays.
• Configuring and Implementing VMware on HP Proliant Blade Servers.
• Worked on RAID 5 for servers: 4TB> 2TB + 2TB to avoid data loss in case of failures.
• Managing user accounts, permissions, active directory, anti-virus and anti-spam software.

Confidential, New York, NY

Virtualization Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware and HP Blade servers resulting in a reduction of racks and power usage, decrease downtime during maintenance and upgrades and improved monitoring.
• Management of a 200 node ESX Farm running 1800 plus VM’s.
• VMware implementation and expansion work. Creation & troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX/Hyper-V & Virtual Machines. Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates.
• VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates.
• Performed day-to-day administration of Wintel Servers. Updates, deployment of windows OS.
• Performed various kinds of trouble shooting Vsphere environment
• Administered and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters.
• Worked on large datacenter consolidations and completed them successfully using P2V conversion tool - vCenter Converter.
• Extensively worked on VMware Update manager for Host upgrades and patches. Migrate / Upgrade ESX Host from 3.5 to 4.0-1 and from 4.0-1 to ESXI 5.0. Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.
• Configure and administrate new baselines using VUM (VMware update manager).
• Installing, configuring, administration of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers, Active Directory Services, DNS DHCP
• Administrating production of servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers (AD-DS), Exchange Mail Servers, patching servers, Print and File servers on Windows 2003 and windows 2000 in teh data center.
• Created and managed users and computer groups
• Created and managed resource pools for Virtual Machines. Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual Center server for HA, DRS. Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using teh vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Experience in Remote support tools. Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7/Wintel.
• Handled multiple tasks to meet project deadlines.

Confidential

Windows-Network Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installed, configured & administer Windows 2003/2008 Standard and Enterprise Server.
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of 1000+ Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• Created User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies
• Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions and System Policies
• Installed of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win 2000, Win 2003 etc.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service(RIS)
• Implemented user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts
• Installation and troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3550, 3560 series switches and cisco 2600 and 3600 series routers.
• Managed Domain Controllers and Additional Domain Controllers.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery in Windows 2000/2003 Domain.
• Configured of Domain Naming Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Planning and scheduling teh network down time for various upgrades and maintenance check.
• Support & Training - Provide necessary halp / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day-to-day issues.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all windows based servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on teh network using different media devices like compact disk and additional hard disks etc.