SUMMARY

• 10 years of experience in Multi tier Enterprise Storage systems design, installation, migration, virtualization, management, monitoring, Performance analysis & Reporting, Disaster Recovery solutions and Fabric installation and migration.
• Performed day - to-day operational support of SAN, NAS and Storage virtualization environment. This will include storage provisioning, problem diagnostics/resolution, storage request processing, and continuity of business functions as it relates to the SAN environment.
• Worked on SAN solution implementation plans in association with other technical team leads.
• Experienced on Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN), InterVSAN Routing, ZoneSets, Zones, Port Security, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI), Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP).
• Worked on Configuration and administration of, EMC VMAX, Symmetrix DMX, EMC CLARiiON CX3 Series, EMC VNX,EMC Invista, NetApp Filers 40, IBM DS,IBM SVC, XIV, Celerra NAS and Netapp Filers .
• Knowledge of protocols such as NFS and CIFS, FC, and iSCSI on NetApp Filers.
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using NetApp. Configured CIFS and NFS shares on NetApp filers.
• Configured NetApp Cluster for replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Creation of ISCS and FC Lun s on NetApp filer(SNAP MIRROR / NDMP COPY).
• Responsible for replication related issues of NetApp based storage.
• Configurations including vfiler, qtree, volume, aggregates and snapshots. Expand volumes.
• Performed NetApp Firmware activity by upgrading the filer with the updated firmware.
• Coordinated the design of subsystems and integration of total system.
• Proven experience in designing and deploying custom SAN storage configurations utilizing EMC Symmetrix DMX-3/3000/2000, Clariion,CX disk arrays and Cisco/Brocade switches running at 2 and 4 Gbit speeds.
• Configuring EMC Invista for vitalizing EMC Storage.
• Done migration from VMAX to Symmetrix, Symmetrix to symmetrix, symm to clariion and clariion to clarion
• Done SAN switch migration from Cisco to Borcade.
• Wide range of experience in administering and troubleshooting Hitachi Data Storage Systems-USP-V and AMS series.
• Work Experience in SAN Business Continuity Solutions including, Flashcopy, Volume Copy, SnapView/Mirror View, SRDF/S, SRDF/A, SRDF/DM, True Copy, Shadow Image, Time Finder BCV/Clones/Snap Remote Mirroring, Open Replicator,
• Worked with various Storage provisioning tools including Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI), Hitachi Storage navigator/Device Manager, HP Storage works, IBM Storage manager, EMC Control Center.
• Extensively worked on Brocade Director Switches, McData and Cisco MDS switches. Proficient in using EMC Connectrix Manager, Brocade Fabric Manager, CLI and Cisco Fabric Manager to manage, monitor and configure switches in a SAN.
• Knowledge of protocols such as NFS and CIFS, FC, and iSCSI..
• Motivating team player and flexibility in work hours and production support for 24x7 environments; Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as a team member.
• Familiarity with various Operating systems like HPUX, AIX, Linux, Solaris and Win2K in SAN as well as NAS environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage/SAN: High End Disk Systems NAS

Storage Virtualization Products: EMC VMAX, Symmetrix, DMX, CLARiiON CX Series, EMC VNX, Celerra, Hitachi Data Systems. NetApp FAS, ONTAP, Celerra NSeries/NSX, Celerra Manager. EMC Invista, IBM SVC, VMAX

SAN Switches: Brocade Director Class Switches, Cisco MDS 9210, and Mc-data.

SAN Management: EMC Control Center, Symmetrix manager, Storage Scope, Performance Manager, Navisphere, Unisphere, Snapview, SAN Copy, SRDF, Time Finder (Mirror, Clone & Snap), Power Path, Connectrix Manager, Cisco Fabric Manager, Onaro Sanscreen.Hitachi Device manager, Hitachi Storage Navigator Volume Management

Migration Tools Known: Veritas volume manager, LVM SAN Copy, SRDF, Open Replicator, Mirror View.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas

Midrange Storage Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the architecture, configuration, layout, performance tuning of storage infrastructuret using EMC DMX Symmetrix, Celerra, SAN Screen, Cisco SAN Switches, and Brocade SAN Switches.
• Storage virtualization using EMC Invista .
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using Netapp and Celerra manager. Configured CIFS server on Celerra Virtual data mover and created CIFS shares. Configure Data Movers for Ether Channel Trunking, Safe Network and tested Data Mover failover.
• Performs necessary storage infrastructure maintenance in accordance with EMC and change management policies.
• Performed Data migration from different third party appliances to HP Data Systems - XP2400 machines.
• Troubleshoot performance issues on disks connected to Symmetrix, CLARiiON.
• Configured Celerra Replicator for remote replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Configured HDS USP V and was involved in the monitoring and trouble shooting the HDS machines.
• Implementation of EMC TimeFinder and SRDF for SQL databases.
• Responsible for replication related issues of Netapp based storage.
• Experienced in Veritas/ Symantec Netbackup. Experienced in handling the DFM, VFM, snapvault mirror related issues.
• Installed HBAs and configured driver, firmware on Wintel and Unix based servers. Tuned the hba config file based on the best practices recommended by EMC and HBA vendors.
• Used Mirrorview for remote replication on CX frames.
• Administering the Data Collection Policies of the Management Objects discovered in ECC. Managing the alerts and notifications.
• Configured Brocade Director switches, using WWN zoning to create aliases and zones. Created and maintained ISL Trunking, zoning, performed firmware upgrades, and integrated all SAN connected hosts.
• Identified, resolved configuration, problems with HBA drivers, and cabling. Upgraded firmware without disrupting the fabric.
• Document, Troubleshooting, performance analysis, and issue escalation with vendors.
• My other duties were the weekly shifts of 24x7 on-call duty and the cooperative queue management of trouble calls using a trouble-ticket system.

Confidential, Chicago

Midrange Storage Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the architecture, configuration, layout, performance tuning of storage infrastructuret using EMC DMX Symmetrix, VMAX, Celerra, SAN Screen, Cisco SAN Switches, and Brocade SAN Switches.
• Storage Virtualization based on NetApp VSeries Arrays
• NetApp Snapshot technologies and their integration with VMWare
• Knowledge of protocols such as NFS and CIFS, FC, and iSCSI on NetApp Filers.
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using NetApp. Configured CIFS and NFS shares on NetApp filers.
• Configured NetApp Cluster for replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Creation of ISCS and FC Lun s on NetApp filer(SNAP MIRROR / NDMP COPY).
• Responsible for replication related issues of NetApp based storage.
• Configurations including vfiler, qtree, volume, aggregates and snapshots. Expand volumes.
• Performed NetApp Firmware activity by upgrading the filer with the updated firmware.
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using Netapp and Celerra manager. Configured CIFS server on Celerra Virtual data mover and created CIFS shares. Configure Data Movers for Ether Channel Trunking, Safe Network and tested Data Mover failover.
• Troubleshooting large scale SAN implementations based on Fiber Channel, iSCSI and FCoE
• Performs necessary storage infrastructure maintenance in accordance with EMC and change management policies.
• Troubleshoot performance issues on disks connected to Symmetrix, CLARiiON.
• Configured Celerra Replicator for remote replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Implementation of EMC TimeFinder and SRDF for SQL databases.
• Responsible for replication related issues of Netapp based storage.
• Experienced in Veritas/ Symantec Netbackup. Experienced in handling the DFM, VFM, snapvault mirror related issues.
• Installed HBAs and configured driver, firmware on Wintel and Unix based servers. Tuned the hba config file based on the best practices recommended by EMC and HBA vendors.
• Used Mirrorview for remote replication on CX frames.
• Administering the Data Collection Policies of the Management Objects discovered in ECC. Managing the alerts and notifications.
• Configured Brocade Director switches, using WWN zoning to create aliases and zones. Created and maintained ISL Trunking, zoning, performed firmware upgrades, and integrated all SAN connected hosts.
• Identified, resolved configuration, problems with HBA drivers, and cabling. Upgraded firmware without disrupting the fabric.
• Document, Troubleshooting, performance analysis, and issue escalation with vendors.
• My other duties were the weekly shifts of 24x7 on-call duty and the cooperative queue management of trouble calls using a trouble-ticket system.

Confidential, Chicago

Midrange Storage Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the architecture, configuration, layout, performance tuning of storage infrastructuret using EMC DMX Symmetrix, VMAX, Celerra, SAN Screen, Cisco SAN Switches, and Brocade SAN Switches.
• Storage Virtualization based on NetApp VSeries Arrays
• NetApp Snapshot technologies and their integration with VMWare
• Knowledge of protocols such as NFS and CIFS, FC, and iSCSI on NetApp Filers.
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using NetApp. Configured CIFS and NFS shares on NetApp filers.
• Configured NetApp Cluster for replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Creation of ISCS and FC Lun s on NetApp filer(SNAP MIRROR / NDMP COPY).
• Responsible for replication related issues of NetApp based storage.
• Configurations including vfiler, qtree, volume, aggregates and snapshots. Expand volumes.
• Performed NetApp Firmware activity by upgrading the filer with the updated firmware.
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using Netapp and Celerra manager. Configured CIFS server on Celerra Virtual data mover and created CIFS shares. Configure Data Movers for Ether Channel Trunking, Safe Network and tested Data Mover failover.
• Troubleshooting large scale SAN implementations based on Fiber Channel, iSCSI and FCoE
• Performs necessary storage infrastructure maintenance in accordance with EMC and change management policies.
• Troubleshoot performance issues on disks connected to Symmetrix, CLARiiON.
• Configured Celerra Replicator for remote replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Implementation of EMC TimeFinder and SRDF for SQL databases.
• Responsible for replication related issues of Netapp based storage.
• Experienced in Veritas/ Symantec Netbackup. Experienced in handling the DFM, VFM, snapvault mirror related issues.
• Installed HBAs and configured driver, firmware on Wintel and Unix based servers. Tuned the hba config file based on the best practices recommended by EMC and HBA vendors.
• Used Mirrorview for remote replication on CX frames.
• Administering the Data Collection Policies of the Management Objects discovered in ECC. Managing the alerts and notifications.
• Configured Brocade Director switches, using WWN zoning to create aliases and zones. Created and maintained ISL Trunking, zoning, performed firmware upgrades, and integrated all SAN connected hosts.
• Identified, resolved configuration, problems with HBA drivers, and cabling. Upgraded firmware without disrupting the fabric.
• Document, Troubleshooting, performance analysis, and issue escalation with vendors.
• My other duties were the weekly shifts of 24x7 on-call duty and the cooperative queue management of trouble calls using a trouble-ticket system.

Confidential, Dallas

Midrange Storage Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the architecture, configuration, layout, performance tuning of storage infrastructuret using EMC DMX Symmetrix, Celerra, SAN Screen, Cisco SAN Switches, and Brocade SAN Switches.
• Storage virtualization using EMC Invista .
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using Netapp and Celerra manager. Configured CIFS server on Celerra Virtual data mover and created CIFS shares. Configure Data Movers for Ether Channel Trunking, Safe Network and tested Data Mover failover.
• Performs necessary storage infrastructure maintenance in accordance with EMC and change management policies.
• Performed Data migration from different third party appliances to HP Data Systems - XP2400 machines.
• Troubleshoot performance issues on disks connected to Symmetrix, CLARiiON.
• Configured Celerra Replicator for remote replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Configured HDS USP V and was involved in the monitoring and trouble shooting the HDS machines.
• Implementation of EMC TimeFinder and SRDF for SQL databases.
• Responsible for replication related issues of Netapp based storage.
• Experienced in Veritas/ Symantec Netbackup. Experienced in handling the DFM, VFM, snapvault mirror related issues.
• Installed HBAs and configured driver, firmware on Wintel and Unix based servers. Tuned the hba config file based on the best practices recommended by EMC and HBA vendors.
• Used Mirrorview for remote replication on CX frames.
• Administering the Data Collection Policies of the Management Objects discovered in ECC. Managing the alerts and notifications.
• Configured Brocade Director switches, using WWN zoning to create aliases and zones. Created and maintained ISL Trunking, zoning, performed firmware upgrades, and integrated all SAN connected hosts.
• Identified, resolved configuration, problems with HBA drivers, and cabling. Upgraded firmware without disrupting the fabric.
• Document, Troubleshooting, performance analysis, and issue escalation with vendors.
• My other duties were the weekly shifts of 24x7 on-call duty and the cooperative queue management of trouble calls using a trouble-ticket system.

Confidential, Detroit

Sr. Storage Engineer

Environment: EMC VMAX, DMX Symmetrix, CLARiiON, Netapp Filers, Celerra NAS, SRDF, TimeFinder, SYMCLI, Navisphere Manager, Control Center, Powerpath, Brocade Director switches, Cisco and McData switches. EMC Invista, SAN Screen.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the architecture, configuration, layout, performance tuning of storage infrastructuret using EMC DMX Symmetrix, Celerra, SAN Screen, Cisco SAN Switches, and Brocade SAN Switches.
• Storage virtualization using EMC Invista .
• Create and export NFS-CIFS File Shares using Netapp and Celerra manager. Configured CIFS server on Celerra Virtual data mover and created CIFS shares. Configure Data Movers for Ether Channel Trunking, Safe Network and tested Data Mover failover.
• Performs necessary storage infrastructure maintenance in accordance with EMC and change management policies.
• Performed Data migration from different third party appliances to Hitachi Data Systems - USP-V machines.
• Troubleshoot performance issues on disks connected to Symmetrix, CLARiiON.
• Configured Celerra Replicator for remote replication of CIFS/NFS shares.
• Configured HDS USP V and was involved in the monitoring and trouble shooting the HDS machines.
• Implementation of EMC TimeFinder and SRDF for SQL databases.
• Responsible for replication related issues of Netapp based storage.
• Experienced in Veritas/ Symantec Netbackup. Experienced in handling the DFM, VFM, snapvault mirror related issues.
• Installed HBAs and configured driver, firmware on Wintel and Unix based servers. Tuned the hba config file based on the best practices recommended by EMC and HBA vendors.
• Used Mirrorview for remote replication on CX frames.
• Administering the Data Collection Policies of the Management Objects discovered in ECC. Managing the alerts and notifications.
• Configured Brocade Director switches, using WWN zoning to create aliases and zones. Created and maintained ISL Trunking, zoning, performed firmware upgrades, and integrated all SAN connected hosts.
• Identified, resolved configuration, problems with HBA drivers, and cabling. Upgraded firmware without disrupting the fabric.
• Document, Troubleshooting, performance analysis, and issue escalation with vendors.
• My other duties were the weekly shifts of 24x7 on-call duty and the cooperative queue management of trouble calls using a trouble-ticket system.

Confidential

Storage Engineer

Environment: EMC DMX Symmetrix, CLARiiON, HP Storage, HDS Storage, IBM Storage, Netapp Filers FS840, FS940, FS960’s, Celerra NAS, SRDF, TimeFinder, SYMCLI, Navisphere Manager, Control Center, Powerpath, Brocade Director switches, Cisco and McData switches. EMC Invista, SAN Screen,Qlogic HBAs. AIX, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, VMware ESX, HP-UX

Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain day-to-day operational support, implementations and periodic hardware and software maintenance. Performing daily system health checkouts.
• HW/OS installs/upgrades. Performance analysis, tuning and management.
• Configurations including Nettapp, qtree, volume, aggregates and snapshots. Creating CIFS,NFS shares expending volumes.
• Detailed analysis of NetApp Storage systems logs
• Generate DFM reports on utilization, chargeback and growth trends and provide recommendations.
• Performed storage provisioning in mutli-vendored, tiered network storage through EMC SYMCLI, HP Storage, IBM Storage manger, Hitachi Device Manager/Storage Navigator, and Clariion Navisphere.Capacity Management using Storagescope.
• Extensive experience on configuring storage devices on Unix machines primarily on AIX, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux and HP-UX Machines.
• Configuring data storage in NetApp FAS series filers that run Data ONTAP 7G using CLI and Filer View
• NAS Celerra- Create and export NFS/CIFS File Shares using Celerra manager.
• Identified, resolved configuration, problems with HBA drivers, and cabling. Upgraded firmware without disrupting the fabric. Troubleshooting Fiber cabling/Switch ports /SFP/GBIC issues.Used Brocade Fabric manager to configure fabric/switch related alerts to get notifications.
• Monitoring health, utilization and performance of tiered storage infrastructure. Identifying and resolving performance problems using Navisphere analyzer, Performance Manager, iostat, perfmon, sar.
• Troubleshoot host-based connectivity issues related to EMC software (PowerPath, Navisphere, ECC client software and third-party HBA's (Emulex and Qlogic.).
• Identifying stranded and under utilized storage assets through storage scope Analysis and reclaim storage
• Performed disk part alignments for windows, VMware servers for better performance.
• Supported the enterprise veritas netbackup environment. Configured Clariion CDLs, VTLs, IBM tape drivers,san media servers.
• Troubleshooting, and resolving issues like one-path-down, hosts not seeing storage, HBA failures, storage allocations, mapping, masking and zoning.

Confidential

Storage Administrator

Environment: IBM Storage DS400/8300, ESS Shark Storage, Nettapps EMC Symmetrix DMX, Clariion CX series,EMC ECC, CLI, Navisphere, Timefinder, Brocade switches, PowerPath

Responsibilities:

• LUN creation including metas, mapping, masking, zoning, aliasing and presentation using IBM Storage manger, IBM DSCLI, Netapp, SYMCLI, NAVICLI, Navisphere and EMC Control Center.
• Hands on experience with configuring storage by creating arrays, ranks, extent pools and provisioning of storage to IBM DS 4000/6000/8300 storage system using DS GUI and DSCLI.
• Involved in replication and availability features if IBM DS systems like Flashcopy, PPRC, Metro Mirror and Global Mirror.
• Installation, configuration and firmware.
• Administered a tiered storage infrastructure consisting of Symmetrix and CLARiiON disk arrays.
• Monitor FA ports, cache utilization using Performance Manager.
• Manage Fan out ratio, monitor I/O per sec from host to FA port.
• Provided Fibre Channel switching using Brocade Connectrix Directors and switches.
• Created and maintained ISL Trunking, zoning, performed firmware upgrades, and integrated all SAN connected hosts.
• Created monthly reports for all the SAN equipment using the storage scope and nar files
• Performance monitoring of all SAN disk using both SYMCLI and EMC Control Center.
• Installation of Qlogic HBAs and EMC PowerPath in the SUN servers for load balancing and failover and configuration of veritas DMP.
• Tuned the qlogic hba config file based on the best practices recommended by EMC and hba vendors.
• Managed Storage Connectivity for Solaris systems - Software/Hardware used in connecting to SAN fabric, development of scripts to populate sd.conf and verify DMP connectivity etc.
• Conducted all switching operations, including host integration, zoning, and aliasing using Connectrix Manager.
• Monitoring Storage infrastructure and managing incidents to meet service levels.
• Replaced failed drives and performed boot disk mirroring through Veritas volume manager.
• Mirrored system drives using HA High Availability techniques including Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas Cluster Server software on Enterprise series and servers.

Confidential

SAN Administrator (Operations and Management)

Environment:, Clariion CX Series, DMX Symmetrix, HDS USP-V, HP EVA 3000, NetApp FAS 3020, EMC Celerra, Emulex, Qlogic HBAs, Brocade and Cisco Switches, Performance Manager, Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF), Timefinder, Fabric Manager, Web tools.

Responsibilities:

• Administered all SUN/Solaris UNIX servers, TCP/IP networking, and EMC SAN connectivity from UNIX servers.
• Configured servers with mirroring, RAID configuration, using Veritas Volume Manager and Solaris Disk Suite. Monitored and tuned the systems to achieve optimum level of performance.
• Involved in management and configuration of enterprise SAN with CLARiiON CX 300/500/700 storage arrays, Symmetrix DMX 1000, Brocade switches.
• Manage, configure and allocate storage for Symmetrix DMX 1000 storage systems using EMC Control Center and Solution Enabler SYMCLI.
• Involved in the migration of data using SAN Copy from CLARiiON CX 600 to Symmetrix DMX
• Willing to relocate.