SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of experience in Systems/Storage Administration wif Servers like Solaris10/9/8/7, RedhatLinux5.x/4.x & AIX5.3/5.1 & Windows and SAN devices like HDS AMS, USP, USPV, VSP, HNAS(3080), NetApp filers Devices along wif Cisco & Brocade Fabric Switches.
• Experience configuring and managing HDS USP, USPV, AMS 1000 and AMS 2500.
• Working experience wif Cisco MDS Switches 9509 & 9513 running Cisco SAN OS 3.x, 4.x & 5.x versions and Brocade 5100, 3800, 3900, 4900.
• Experience configuring Cisco MDS switches and performed day to day activities like zoning, VSAN setup, Port channeling etc.
• Experience wif HDS Tuning Manger, HTSM, Device Manager, Storage Navigator tools to manage HDS Arrays and perform day to day activities to create LDEV/LUN.
• Experience in data migration using host - based and array based using LVM and Hitachi TSM.
• Experience wif HDS VSP, USP, USPV, AMS 1000, AMS 2300, AMS 2500
• Experience Working Exclusively on HDS USPV array using Device Manager and Storage Navigator.
• Experience wif Dynamic Provisioning, Good knowledge on Tuning Manager
• Expertise working on Tiered Storage Manager
• Configure, manage HDS Replication software’s like True Copy, HUR and Shadow.
• Experience on vitalizing AMS array behind USP & USPV arrays.
• Experience working wif Solaris volume manager, HP LVM and Redhat LVM
• Experience wif VERITAS Foundation Suite V 4.1, 5.0 and performed tasks like creating disk groups, volumes, initializing disks, replacing failed disks etc.
• Experience in HP Installing HP UNIX &Troubleshooting, HP UNIX Startup and shutdown, User account management -- creation, deletion, and shifting.
• Installation, Up gradation and configuration of Solaris 9/8 and Red Hat Linux OS on Sun Fire Servers, IBM Blade servers using Jumpstart, Kick start and CD media.
• Experience in data migration at Host level using Solaris LVM, Red Hat LVM, VERITAS Volume Manager
• Experience in Installing, upgrading and configuring Red Hat Linux 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
• Configured Volumes, created file systems, exported file system using NFS and CIFS for UNIX and Windows Hosts respectively in NetApp filers and EMC Celerra NS-120.
• Experience in Systems Administration and Application Support working on Sun Solaris, Red hat Linux and Windows environments.
• Configured Volumes, created file systems, exported file system using NFS and CIFS for UNIX and Windows Hosts respectively in Celerra.
• Experience in installation, configuration, backup, recovery, maintenance, and support of Solaris, RedHat Linux, AIX and HPUX.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

OS: Sun Solaris 10/9/8/7, Red Hat Linux 5.x/4.x/3.x, AIX 5.3/5.1,Windows 2000AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.0 , Linux, VMWare ESX.

HDS: VSP, USP, USPV, AMS 1000, AMS 2300, AMS 2500

NetApp: FAS 2040, FAS 3170, FAS 3270 & FAS 6080, Data ONTAP6.x, 7.x & 8.x.

SUN SERVERS: V220, V490, V880, V890HP SERVERS - HP Proliant DL380, DL-580 G1/G2

AIX SERVERS: p6-570 and p5-570, p5-561, p5-560, p5-55A,p-630, p-620

VMware: VMware Client and VMWare ESX Server 4.0, 3.x/2.x & VSphere, VMotion

Replication: Truecopy, HUR, Shadow Image (SI)

Disk manager Tools: SAN volume controller, Solaris Vol manager, ZFS, AIX LVM, VXVMVXCS, Redhat LVMSwitches -Cisco MDS 9513, 9506, 9509, 9216, 9509, MDS family switches wif VSAN Brocade 3800, 3900, 4900

Tools: HCS, Device Manager, NetApp FilerView

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured HDS Arrays VSP, USP-V, USP, IBM-DS8300,
• Assigned LUN’s to servers and shared volumes to UNIX and Windows servers using SAN protocols like CIFS, NFS, FCoE & FC.
• Managed HDS arrays using HCS, Storage Navigator Modular-2 (SNM2) and Device Manager.
• Experience installing and configuring Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Tuning Manager.
• Experience in managing SAN environment using Cisco and Brocade switches.
• Experienced in Virtualizing HDS USP-V arrays behind VSP and created DP-Pools and Implemented Thin Provisioning and performed Migrations using HTSM(Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager)
• Rapid recovery, decommissioning servers, port assignments,
• Experience in creating Dynamic Pools and Creating HORCM files for HUR, True Copy and Shadow image
• Si-vols zoning, ITG ticketing system, HUR/TC Replication from USPVc to VSP.

Confidential, Long Beach, CA

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured HDS Arrays VSP, USP-V, AMS 2500, Netapp filers V6080, FAS3140
• Assigned LUN’s to servers and shared volumes to UNIX and Windows servers using SAN protocols like CIFS, NFS, FCoE & FC.
• Managed HDS arrays using HCS, Storage Navigator Modular-2 (SNM2) and Device Manager.
• Experience installing and configuring Hitachi Command Suite and Hitachi Tuning Manager.
• Experience in managing SAN environment using Cisco and Brocade switches.
• Experienced in Virtualizing HDS AMS/USP-V arrays behind VSP and created DP-Pools and Implemented Thin Provisioning and performed Migrations using HTSM(Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager)
• Experience in creating Dynamic Pools and Creating HORCM files for HUR, True Copy and Shadow Imaging.
• Worked on HDS arrays AMS2500, USPV, VSP
• Created and assigned Luns from HDS Arrays to NetApp and HNAS systems.
• Worked extensively on Cisco MDS 9513, 9509 & Brocade 300, 3900, 5100
• Experience working on DR & Data Migration using True Copy and HUR on HDS arrays like AMS, USPV, VSP.
• Upgraded ONTAP 7.3.1.1 to latest 7.x & 8.x to teh latest version on V-6080 in a non-disruptive procedure.
• Upgraded HNAS Code from 7.0.x to 8.1.2353.06 on HNAS 3080.
• Managed multiple filers using Filer view.
• Created Aggregates, Flexible volumes, Qtrees and shared them using NFS/CIFS
• Upgraded NetApp systems from 7.1 to 7.3.3P3, RLM, Bios, and Kernel diagnostics in a Non Disruptive Mode(NDU)
• Worked on HNAS 3080 systems and created Storage Pools, File Systems, Virtual Volumes, EVS and shared them using NFS/CIFS
• Setup File replication and Object based replication between teh Primary and DR site on HNAS 3080 systems.
• Configured teh replication between primary and DR site using SnapMirror for NetApp filers
• Cloned teh volumes on NetApp using FlexClone in DR scenario to mount teh file systems in DR site.
• Extensive experience in NetApp software’s like snapmirror, snapvault and snapshots.
• Creating zones, aliases, adding zone members, deleting and activating zones using Fabric Manager as well as CLI on Cisco and Brocade DCFM
• Supported UNIX and Windows servers like Solaris, Linux, Debian connected to SAN & NAS environment running Database and Middle ware applications.
• Experienced installing and configuring multipathing using HDLM.
• Provided 24x7 Technical Support to operations.

Confidential, Santaclara, CA

Storage administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and Configured HDS arrays like AMS1000, AMS2300, AMS2500, USPV using Storage Navigator and Device Manager.
• Day to day Storage Provisioning and necessary infrastructure maintenance, planning, allocating, Storage layouts, connectivity and Policy design
• Creating Logical groups, Luns, adding hosts, deleting Luns, adding, sharing and removing storage on USP, AMS and 9985 using HDvM
• Involved in configuring and maintaining AMS2500 using Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular.
• Configured and Maintained Cisco MDS 9513 and involved in creating zones and performing zoning to assign disk to teh servers.
• Configured and Implemented Thin provisioning (creating / deleting DP pools / Volumes) using HDP
• Involved in trouble shooting performance issues using Hitachi Tuning Manager.
• Involved in creating RAID groups and LUN’s on AMS arrays.
• Involved in creating and updating HORCM files to increase teh LUN sizes and also for Shadow Image and True copy for local and remote replications.
• Installed and Configured HDLM software on UNIX and Windows servers.
• Managed server like Linux, Solaris and Windows which are connected to HDS arrays and performed performance tuning and capacity planning.
• Involved in day to day operations like Creating Raid Groups, LDEV’s and assigned to different Hosts using Storage Navigator and Device manger.
• Extensively worked wif NetApp filers V6080 and FAS3140
• Hands on Experience wif NetApp Release ONTAP 7.3.1/2/3P3
• Migrated data from one NAS Volume to another by using Vol Copy and NDMP Copy.
• Created NFS and CIFS volumes and worked on NAS performance and security issues.
• Involved in port channeling and creating VSAN’s on 9513 and also assign ports VSAN’s.
• Involved in Virtualizing AMS 1000, AMS 2500 behind USPV and creating pools.
• Managed SAN & NAS Environments and involved in DMX to USPV migration.
• Implemented Hitachi Universal Volume Manager(UVM) to Virtualized tiered storage environments behind USPV/USP-VM Storage arrays
• Involved in design and planning of Disaster Recovery using HUR(HUR) and Shadow Image(SI) for backups
• Configured Hitachi thin provisioning(HDP) in new USP-V
• Data migration at Host level using Red Hat LVM, AIX LVM, VERITAS Volume Manager and Solaris LVM
• Installation and upgrade of HDLM software for multipathing on Solaris and Linux servers.
• Created VSAN’s and implemented port channeling and ISL’s between switches.

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Solaris/UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, upgraded and configured Solaris 10/9/8 and RHEL 5.x/4.x. This included Jump Start Installation, Kick start Installation and CD media.
• Installing and removing software packages and patches on Solaris
• Installed Sun Solaris 2.7, cluster patches and third party packages over teh network
• Installed and configured Secure sash software to provide secure login, shell and data transfer wif teh support of ssh1, ssh2, telnet, and serial connections
• Installed, upgraded, Mirrored and configured Solaris 9/8/2.7, RHEL 3.x and IBM AIX using Jump Start, Kick start and NIM Installation
• Disk and File system management through Solstice Disk Suite on Solaris.
• Involved in Configuring DHCP server and giving IP addressing dynamically.
• Configuration and administration of DNS, LDAP, NFS, NIS and Samba in Solaris, Linux and Windows.
• Installed and configured Modems, Network Printers
• Applied patches and upgraded systems and devices firmware to AIX at current.
• Logical Volume Management (LVM) of AIX.
• Performed impromptu security checks of servers and networks to verify adequate virus protection and compliance wif corporate procedures
• Developed detailed, comprehensive communication plans, change management plans, risk assessments, and standard operating procedures
• Provided 24/7 on call support on UNIX Production Servers. Responsible for maintaining UNIX security on Solaris and Linux.
• Creation of Logical volumes (LVM) for Linux operating systems.
• Installation and customization of Window 2003 servers.
• Disk Management using different raid technologies in Solaris and Linux using VERITAS Volume Manager and LVM
• Installation and configuration of Red Hat Linux & Sun Solaris, NT servers
• Installation of patches, security fixes, e-fixes, packages on AIX, Sun Solaris, Linux and Windows NT/2000 Servers.
• System Administration and engineering of Windows NT\2000, Active Directory Administration and engineering.
• Administering user accounts: Adding users, user-groups, removing users & groups and changing user environments.
• DHCP and Proxy servers support
• Provided 24/7 on call support on UNIX Production Servers. Responsible for maintaining UNIX security on Solaris and Linux.
• Creation of Logical volumes (LVM) for Linux operating systems.
• Implementation of LAN and WAN based networks
• Planning and implementing Ethernet Connectivity cabling and troubleshooting
• Knowledge on routing protocols
• Implementing access-lists to restrict network according to teh rules of teh organization
• Configuration of static and default routing. Administration and marinating of Emc2 server for data storage
• Setting up NFS/NIS,DHCP,DNS, FILE And Print servers
• Installed, configured and setup networks
• Configured in Windows NT Environment: DNS, Proxy, Exchange, TCP/IP, DHCP& IIS
• Configured in Unix Network administration, DNS, PPP and FTP & Telnet

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Perform a wide range of Networking designing, Managing, implementing and Configuring teh Design,Maintaining and Securing teh Network and Troubleshooting teh Network.
• Network configuration on Printers, Network Assessment documentation
• Create and implement backup plan
• Asset documentation