SUMMARY

• Around 8 years of Systems and Storage Administration experience in UNIX (Sun Solaris / AIX and HP - UX) Linux and Windows NT on various hardware platforms.
• Extensive knowledge of storage area networks.
• Very good understanding of operating systems, servers, and different applications of the enterprise, as well as their compatibility with different storage architectures, business goals and technology strategies.
• Expertise in administration of EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3, Clariion CX500/600/700, CX-3/CX-4 series/ IBM SVC Storage and EMC VNX Series.
• Good experience on EMC Celerra Systems like NS700/704G/NS40/NS80G and NSX series.
• Configuration and management of NetApp NAS filers using system manager and operations manager
• Hands on experience on different Brocade enterprise directors (12k and 48k) and departmental switches (3900, 4100 and 4900).
• Experience with Cisco enterprise directors like Cisco MDS 9513/9509/9506 and 9120/9140 departmental switches.
• Strong background in implementing Disaster recovery and backup, including data replication at remote locations for both SAN and NAS environments.
• Hands on Experience in SRDF, Time Finder/BCV, Clones, Snap and EMC Power Path 4.x/5.x.
• Experience in implementing data migrations using EMC open Replicator (array based) and open Migrator (host based).
• Experience on EMC Celerra NAS Platform, involving Celerra NAS Data Migration using Celerra Replicator V2
• Hands on experience in the day to day SAN related tasks, Zoning, Meta Creation, mapping and masking.
• Good skills on providing file access for NFS and CIFS clients using Celerra Manager and Celerra CLI.
• Well versed with all the tools (ECC, SYMCLI, SMC, Navi CLI and Navispehere Manager) that required managing the EMC storage infrastructure.
• Superior communication, analytical, presentational and troubleshooting skills for different day to day issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: EMC VMAX, DMX-3/4, DMX-2, CX 200/400/600, CX300/500/700, CX3-40/CX3-80/CX-4 series. NetApp NAS filers, VNX 7500’s, NS700/704, NS40/NS80G and NSX series, IBM SVC. Brocade Silkworm Directors 48K, 24K, 12K and Departmental switches 4900, 4100 and 3900. Cisco MDS 9500 Series Multilayer Directors(MDS 9513/9509/9506 ) and DS 9140/9120 Mcdata 6400’s, i10k’s EMC Emulex LP11000/9000 series and Qlogic HBAs (2340/2342 etc).

Software: ECC 5.2/6.X / Celerra CLI, Power Path, Time Finder/BCV/Clone/Snap, SYMCLI, NAVICLI and Navispehere Manager, Snap View and Mirror view, Web tools, Brocade/Cisco CLI, Fabric manager and Device manager, EFCM

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8,9,10, AIX 5.2/5.3, HP-UX 11.x, Linux and Windows 2000/2003,.

LVM: Veritas Volume Manager V4.x/v5.x and AIX/HP/LINUX Logical Volume Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. SAN Storage Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Configured and allocated storage on EMC VMAX, DMX-4 / DMX-3, CX3-80/CX using SYMCLI, Unisphere.
• Migrated data across different data centers using Open replicator. .
• Migration of data from DMX to VMAX/Clariion to VMAX storage using Open Migrator for Windows and UNIX platforms.
• Extensively used Symcli for virtual provisioning like creating the thin pools, data devices and adding data devices to thin pools and creating thin devices and allocating to various types of hosts from V-max
• Administration of Netapp NAS filers using System manager, Filer View/CLI. Created aggregates, NAS volumes and configured nfs exports/CIFS shares.
• Implemented snapmirror replication for DR and snapshots for local replication/backup purposes.
• Supported DR tests by breaking the snapmirror replication. Migrated NAS volumes from old filers to new FAS filers.
• Working on the storage performance issues for different server vendors with the client and advising them to help resolve the issues.
• Working technical experience with installing, configuring, and setting up of IBM SVC.
• Perform mdisk and vdisk migrations using SVC mirroring tools like migratevdisk etc.
• Has worked in setting up Global Mirror and Flash Copy for various hosts
• Add pools, volumes and hosts in IBM XIV and present disk from XIV to SVC, discovering MDISKS in SVC, Creating MDISK groups using GUI and CLI.
• Performed storage provisioning, zoning, troubleshooting of the storage/SAN environment and perform performance analysis on IBM SVC/ IBM XIV
• Responsible for encapsulation and migration of LUNs from DMX to VMAX with Enginuity code 5876 using VPLEX, Older Production VMAX array to a new VMAX using VPLEX.
• Migrations using VPLEX (VS1, VS2), Local/Metro configurations.
• Implemented VPLEX Local for managing data mobility and access within the data center
• Implemented VPLEX Metro across data centers over synchronous distances.
• Experience in setup and installation of VPLEX metro solution for high performance and availability.
• Created distributed devices, rule sets in VPLEX metro configuration to migrate data between datacenters and for global visibility on the devices for remote access.
• Used Extent level and Device level migrations for data refreshes.
• Collected the LUN details of the servers- drive letters, capacity, and HBA information for Encapsulation of LUNs into VPLEX.
• Extensive knowledge on Thin provisioning, good understanding of benefits, risks, and how to effectively design and manage a thin provisioned storage environment.
• Provided subject matter expertise and represented as the highest level of technical escalation for enterprise storage technologies.
• Collaborate with application, server, and other storage SMEs to ensure application RPOs and RTOs are fully defined, tested, and met.
• Good knowledge and hands on experience on FAST VP /Implementation. Worked on VLUN migration based on the client requirements/performance considerations.
• Performed Vdisk Migrations for different type of hosts based on the client performance issues/requirements.
• RecoverPoint implementation/configuration for performing replication of data to and from remote sites.
• Administration of RecoverPoint, Fabric and Array based splitters
• Experienced in automating the RecoverPoint procedures with Replication Manager Environment.
• Configured and implemented EMC RecoverPoint replication between an EMC Symmetrix VMAX for different hosts.
• Experience in configuring the EMC RecoverPoint CRR sessions between the locations for disaster recovery,
• CDP for local replication and CLR.
• Created local and remote copies using RecoverPoint.

Confidential, SanFrancisco, CA

SAN/NAS administrator

Environment: Storage:EMC DMX-3/4, DMX 1000/2000/3000 , Clarion CX3-80 and NS 704G

Responsibilities:

• Configured and allocated storage on EMC DMX-4 / DMX-3, DMX 1000, DMX 2000, CX3-80/CX using SYMCLI and NaviCLI.
• Well versed with the planning and implementation of Data center Migrations.
• Actively involved in the design of the migration methods by discussing with system/database administrators and application owners.
• Migrated TB’s of data from old storages arrays like DMX-2/Symm5 to new array DMX-3 using LVM/open Migrator and open Replicator depending on the customer requirement.
• Actively involved in performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and monitoring the health of SAN.
• Configured Celerra gateway with Symmetrix and Clarion arrays.
• Allocated storage from DMX -3/4 to Celerra NS40G/80G and NSX series.
• Configured DNS, NIS and NTP servers for the Data movers.
• Extensive Experience in providing file system creation and file system export for both Windows and UNIX clients using Celerra CLI and Celerra manager and managing the file system quotas.
• Configured CIFS servers and VDM’s for Windows only environment.
• Configured iSCSI initiators on the host and iSCSI targets on the data mover and allocated iSCSI luns to the initiator.
• Implemented SRDF/A for Celerra for disaster recovery.
• Installed and configured a Celerra replication environment for replicating file systems, VDM and iSCSI luns using celerra CLI.
• Experience in Data Migration from NS704G to NS80G using CDMS tool, Celerra Replicator and SRDF.
• Setup two independent fabrics one with Cisco and one with Brocade at two different locations. And controlled them using “web tools” Fabric Manager and CLI.
• Implemented “core/edge” design using Cisco directors and did a SAN migration to remove small independent SAN islands.
• Experience in installation, configuration and maintenance of ECC 6.0 infrastructure and expert in installing and upgrading of ECC agents.
• Hands on experience in creating Zones and zone sets in Cisco and Brocade.
• Based on the EMC recommendations, updated required patches (Operating System) and HBA drivers on all systems that are part of the data migration.
• Implemented Time Finder /BCV for local replication to support the tape backups without impacting the production.
• Installed and configured power path for AIX/HP/LINUX and windows operating systems to balance the load and provide good performance and fault tolerant.
• Good knowledge and experience in Veritas Volume Manager V4.x/5.x and AIX LVM.
• Identify underutilized resources (FA ports and host based assets) using Storage scope reporting and proactively resolved the capacity allocation issues.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

SAN/Storage administrator

Environment: Storage:EMC DMX-3/ DMX 3000, DMX 1000 and clarion CX-700/500

Responsibilities:

• Project involves working as SAN storage administrator for EMC storage arrays DMX-2/DMX-3, Clariion CX-500/700, with Brocade 48k Enterprise directors.
• Servers were SAN-attached through Brocade switches to EMC Clariion and Symmetrix/DMX storage.
• Installed and configured Brocade 48k switches and was involved from the starting stage of fabric migration from Brocade 12k/3900 switches to Brocade 48k.
• Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX / Solaris /HP / Linux and Windows Operating Systems and installed Symcli software.
• Migrated Data successfully from DMX-2 to DMX-3 using SRDF, Open Replicator and Open Migrator and provided storage to hosts using ECC and Symcli.
• Production data (2.5 Tbytes) was replicated over fourty miles to the new data center using SRDF/S
• Involved in consistent data replication of an oracle database from DMX-3 to DMX-3 using SRDF/A Technology
• Implemented Disaster Recovery using SRDF/S for production systems and tested disaster recovery preparedness. Testing and Implementation of SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications.
• Planning and Implementation of migration from multiple CX-600 to CX-700, using SanCopy.
• Actively involved in planning, commissioning of a new DMX-3’s and deployed all the agents for ECC administration.
• End-to-end storage provisioning for hosts using EMC tools (ECC, SAN Manager, and Navisphere) on Clariion and Symmetrix storage.
• Discovered new SAN objects in ECC including DMX, Clariion, Switches and windows and Solaris servers. Daily jobs include storage allocation, troubleshooting, monitoring and reporting on the SAN Environment.
• Maintaining the ECC infrastructure, troubleshooting day-to-day issues, Configured DCPs and alerts for management of the entire SAN infrastructure and also dealt with performance issues.
• Successfully allocated Storage using ECC, Symcli, Navisphere and Navicli for open systems storage environment from Clariion, Symmetrix to Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and Linux servers.
• Made copies of production data by configuring BCV and clone using Time Finder Business Continuity, which was used by testing team and also used Veritas Netbackup for backups.
• Create RAID Groups, BIND LUNs, and Create Storage Groups using Navisphere Manager.
• Perform Zoning for SANCopy. Create scripts using navicli commands to perform migration.
• Actively involved in planning of SAN Expansion, management at the technical and architecture level and migration strategies.
• Troubleshooting day to day performance issues and resolving them using Navianalyzer and Performance Manager. Identified unused storage using Storage scope reporting and actively resolved the capacity allocation issues.
• Installation, Administration, Maintenance and trouble shooting of Sun Solaris on various servers, performed Package / Patch Installation and System Updates.
• Provided direct technical support for the coordination and implementation of releases, upgrades or changes to the Windows server environments.
• Troubleshooting routine critical issues including threshold optimization, server throughput, ports availability, meeting zoning requirements, one-path down, host not seeing storage and storage management problems.
• Implemented storage and disaster recovery plan improvements resulting in biannual testing with 100% data consistency.
• Maintained current software, microcode and flarecode on all storage related systems.
• Troubleshot host-based connectivity issues related to EMC software (PowerPath, Navisphere, ECC client software and third-party HBA's).

Confidential

Storage administrator

Environment: Storage:DMX 3000, DMX 2000, DMX 1000and Clariion CX400 and CX600Fabric /switch: Brocade 12k, 3800/3900 switches.

Responsibilities:

• Supported in the installation and configuration of DMX-2000, DMX-3000, and Cx400/600 to support and enterprise environment with multiple operating systems and applications.
• Implemented a core-edge topology with Brocade directors and connected all the storage (DMX-2000, DMX-3000, and Cx400/600) systems to core and host systems to the edge switches which provides a huge connectivity options for future use and reduced lot of man hours to troubleshoot the SAN issues.
• Configured Brocade switches 3800/3900 and director 12k and created the zones and zone sets.
• Created the “Delta Mark” session using “solutions enabler (symcli)” software as per the EMC best practice guide lines and collected the incremental changes occurring during the busy hours.
• Planned and implemented a disaster recovery solution using SRDF/AR between the two sites (production and DR) located 1500 miles apart.
• Converted the device personalities as per the requirement (converting STD to BCVs and BCVs to BCV/R1 and setup R1 and R2 etc).
• Created scripts (mapping and masking) to make use of the BCVs and R2, in case of disaster recovery situation.
• Installed and configured Navisphere Agent, Manager, CLI, and Event Monitor, and implemented storage groups, using Access Logix.
• Creating the meta luns based on the application requirement.
• Installed and configured ECC 5.2 to simplify and automate tasks such as discovery, planning, monitoring, reporting and storage provisioning for different infrastructures.
• Used EMC Navisphere software to manage, monitor and configure the storage capacity for clarion CX400/600.
• Installed and configured EMC Power Path software which provides multiple I/O path capabilities, load balancing and automatic path failover, to ensure high availability and support non-disruptive upgrades.
• Hands on experience in setting the policies to collect the SAN data to see the system performance and also to provide the trend analysis report.
• Converting the STDs to BCVs using symconfigure, create and manage device groups and setup the BCVs to do establish, split and mount volumes on a different server to do the backup operations.
• Created scripts to do a “tech refresh” on regular basis and also provided the restore procedure from the BCVs to production in case of a corruption/deletion on the production environment.
• Hardware and Software installations and configuring the applications, upgrading servers with latest service packs and patches.
• Created a complete documentation that includes all the components in the SAN environment, operational history, Scripts to control the replication process, BCV setup for backup, disaster recovery procedures.