SUMMARY

• 8 Years of IT Industry experience in SAN, NAS, and backup and disaster recovery.
• Experience in administration of EMC Storage Symmetrix DMX, VMAX 10k/20k/40k, VMAX 3, CLARiiON CX4, VNX/VNX2, XtremIO, Vblock, Recoverpoint CDP/CRR and Vplex local/Metro and Isilon X and S.
• Exceptional skills and experience in administering and maintaining storage systems such as NetApp FAS2020, FAS3210, FAS 3000, FAS 6080,to multiprotocol environments like CIFS, NFS, SAN,FC,ISCI and FCOE.
• Expertise in installing, configuring and administering Avamar,Data Domain and EMC Networker.
• Expertise in VIFS, Snapvault, Snapmirror, NDMP, SyncMirror, Snapmanager, Snapdrive, Flex clone and Lun clone.
• Worked on Migrating the data center from legacy IBM servers to brand new Vblock720 which includes 1000 virtual machines.
• Worked on creating backup solutions including policies, schedules and datasets.
• Array - level migration experience using using Open Replicator/SAN copy
• Experience implementing disaster recovery solution SRDF/S, SRDF/A and Recoverpoint
• Experience implementing business continuity solutions using Time Finder Clones/Snapshot for Symmetrix storage and SnapView Clones/Snaps for Unified storage.
• Implementation and administration on high-end EMC Symmetrix and Mid-tier CX/VNX storage frames
• Experience troubleshooting and performance tuning on Symmetric and VNX arrays
• Experienced in using administrative tools Unisphere for VMAX / VNX / VPLEX / Recover Point / CX, SMC, Prosphere, EMC Control Center, SYMCLI and NaviSec CLI.
• Performed disaster testing with failover/failback and restore using recoverpoint
• Planned, Designed and Deployed Disaster Recovery solution for protecting data using VPLEX Geo/Metro integrated with Recover Point, SRDF synchronous/Synchronous, Mirror View, Recover Point CDP/CRR/CLR.
• Experience with Fabrics, Enterprise Directors and Departmental Switches and managed Cisco, Brocade, Mcdata and Connectrix switches using Fabric Manager, CLI, Webtools
• Migration experience on ESX host using Storage Vmotion
• Performed File level Migration using Windows Robocopy and EMC Emcopy
• PowerPath installation and configuration on both Windows and UNIX platforms for failover and load balancing purposes.
• Used EMC Report and EMC Grab utility to collect Server reports and to generate HEAT report
• Worked with Windows and different flavors of UNIX Server and extensive experience with volume management and connectivity with storage vendors
• Experience with Virtualization technology and worked with VMware admin to set-up RDMs, Datastores and VMFS Volumes
• Solid experience in identifying and analyzing technical issues and troubleshooting them.
• Worked on high priority accelerated issue on day to day basis with vendors like EMC, Cisco and Brocade
• Submit the tickets, keep track of changes and update all the teams affected by those changes.
• Worked on Remedy tool Change management, Request management and Incident tickets.
• Versatile team player with good communication and problem solving skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Arrays: EMC Symmetrix DMX-4 & DMX-3.EMC Clariion CX4-960, CX4-480, CX3-80, CX3-40, CX3-20, CX700,CX500,AX4-DellCompellent. VPLEX, VMAX 40K/20K, VNX 5500, 5700, 5800, 5600, XtremIO 1, 2 brick clusters and VBlock 300, 320, 700, 720 Netapp FAS 2020, FAS 2050, FAS 3020, FAS 3050, FAS 6000.

SAN Switches: Cisco MDS 9513, MDS 9509, MDS 9506 Brocade DCX, 48K, 24k, 12K, 6505, 5380, 5240, 5140, 4900, 4100, 3800 and McData switches.

Platforms: Solaris 10/9/8, HP-UX 11.1/11.2, AIX 6.1/5.3, Windows 2008/2003, ESXI 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0.

Applications/Software: SMC, Solutions Enabler/SYMCLI, Univmax Navisphere Manager, Navisphere Analyzer, ECC SAN Manager, ESRS, Unisphere, NavisecCLI, Vsphere,Operations Manager(Data Fabric Manager(DFM) and Netapp System manager.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Avamar, Data Domain,Networker,DPA,VPLEX Geo/Metro, Recover Point CDP/CRR, SRDF Sync/Async, Mirror View Sync/Async, Time Finder Clone/Snap, VP Snap, VNX Snap Sure and snap mirror.

Data Migration Strategies: VPLEX Data Mobility, EMC Open Replicator, SRDF, SAN Copy, Mirror View, Storage vMotion, vMotion, Logical Volume Mirroring, VERITAS Volume Mirroring, EMC Power Path Migration Enabler, Open Migrator, EM Copy, ROBO Copy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Ozark, AR

Storage SME

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Migrating Production Virtual Machines running on Legacy IBM blades to Brand New Vblock Environment without downtime.
• Worked and Created an Environment where VM's running on IBM blades can access both Legacy storage (VNX) and the vblock storage which is VMAX10k.Used the concept called swing box.
• Configured EMC Isilon X and S series for multiple node clusters.
• Configured Cisco MDS switch and created Zones.
• In Vmax created LUNs of size more than 2TB using the concept of META LUNS.
• Created FAST Policy and Applied to the Storage Groups appropriately.
• Worked on Vsphere5.5 and Cisco 1000v.
• Configured EMC Avamar and Networker as backup solutions. The first being for file systems only.
• Architected two DD890's and two Avamar Gen4 grids and implemented the same with the help of EMC's hardware team.
• Used virtual Tape library for Data Domain configuration.
• Configured a DPA server as a backup metric.
• Managed the CISCO UCS and created new interfaces using the service profiles and replicated the customer DMZ scenario on Vblock.
• Responsible for deploying and configuring Recover Point CDP/CRR solution with VPLEX and VMAX, VNX as backend arrays. Dissolved VPLEX distributed devices for VMware hosts, Created consistency groups at VPLEX and RecoverPoint, Added Virtual volumes, Tag volumes as RecoverPoint devices and establish Recover Point CRR. Deleted SRDF/Mirror View sessions for datastore volumes and replicated those devices through RecoverPoint to have access to latest bookmarks to rollback in case of disaster. Configured VPLEX distributed devices to establish always available active-active VPLEX Geo replication solution. Migrated VPLEX meta-volumes and log volumes. Encapsulated storage volumes and performed VPLEX Data Mobility jobs to migrate physical and virtual hosts from XIV/VMAX 20K to VMAX 40K/VNX.
• Performed SANCopy data migration to migrate servers from CX-4 to VNX 5600.
• Planned and executed Business Continuity solution using Time Finder Clones of Clones Designed Thin Pools, Port Groups and FAST VP on VMAX for better performance. Deployed Prosphere and Unisphere for analyzing performance.
• Perform VNX/VMAX software and capacity upgrades.
• Data replication for disaster recovery using Celerra Replicator.
• Performed VNX code upgrades.
• Perfromed replication with deduplication using EMC data domain and Avamar 7.1.
• Configured two Avamar grids to replicate bidirectionally.
• Used DD OS to perform backups and archives that would persist due to the invulnerability architecture of Datadomain.
• Managed NetApp Storage solutions 7-Mode, installation and configuration
• Configure and maintain Data ONTAP 7/8/8.1 as part of new implementation projects.
• Configured NetApp(DataONTAP, SnapMirror, SnapManager, Operations Manager DFM, On Command, SnapProtect)
• Worked on provisioning storage from XtremIO singal and dual brick arrays to VM environment.
• Design and implement storage solutions tailored to different environments such as VMware, SQL, and Oracle.
• Storage provisioning on EMC storage arrays SAN/NAS.
• Host based/array based data migration from end of life arrays to newer arrays.
• On-call duties interacting with customers, other teams and vendors when required to resolve incidents within SLAs.
• Monitor alerts to proactively identify possible problems that could impact production environment.
• Create and maintain operational procedures.
• Deploy proof of concept of new technologies in the lab.

Environment: EMC Clariion, VMAX, VNX,Isilon, VBlock Storage, XtremIO Cmcne Switch management,CISCOUCS,ISCSI,CIFS,NFS,FC,VNXReplicator,Mirrorview,Snapview,SRDF, SANCopy, UniVMAX, SYMCLI, EMC Unisphere, NaviCLI, FLARE 30, Enginuity 5876,VMWare, VSphere Client, EMC Networker 7.x, EMC Datadomain 680,890, EMC Data Protection Advisor

Confidential, Purchase, NY

Sr.Storage Admin

Responsibilities:

• Managed EMC Symmetrix VMAX arrays
• Created DATA devices, Thin Pools and Thin Devices (TDEVs), monitored their usage, and reconfigured Thin Pools as needed.
• Executed storage provisioning on Symmetrix VMAX Storage arrays by creating Initiator Groups, cascaded Initiator Groups, Port Groups and Storage Groups.
• Utilized Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) on Thin Pools, to ensure optimum storage usage between EFD, FC, and SATA Thin Pools.
• Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production data using Time Finder Clone/Snap on VMAX
• Created LUNs in Vmax20k and exposed those LUNs to the VM’s using the vsphere.
• Involved in Installation and Configuration of NAS device EMC VNX 5500 and 5700.
• Configured Celerra Replicator on Celerra Systems for Local and Remote replication.
• Enabling, Configuring, the Quotas and Modifying quota limit as requested by the user.
• Allocate shares/storage to new servers as needed.
• Experience with installation and management of NetAppFilers with Operations Manager.
• Hands on experience in administering CIFS and NFS in NAS environments such as NetApp Filers.
• Configured and deployed VMware SRM for Disaster Recovery/ Business Continuity.
• Unclaimed storage on VMAX and VNX arrays and dissolved meta volumes when required.
• Configured zones on brocade directors and departmental switches using WebTools/CLI.
• Involved in troubleshooting storage issues and SAN issues

Environment: EMC Symmetrix, Avamar, EMC Data Domain, Virtual Provisioning, EMC VNXe, SnapMirror, SnapVault, Celerra Replicator,ISCSI, NetApp FAS, NAS, Block Storage, FAST

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured, managed and monitored SAN environment which included VMAX, DMX 4/3/3000, VNX, CLARiiON CX 3-80/ 3-40/4-120 storage arrays using Cisco 95148/9509/9506 switch directors. EMC software tools used included SMC, Fabric/Device Manager, and Navisphere Manager
• Performed various administrative tasks on the DMX, VMAX, VNX, and CX storage systems using GUI and CLI, includes day-to-day operational and migration support.
• Used Navisphere Manager to create Raid groups, Storage groups, Meta LUNs, LUNs in CLARiiON and assigned LUNs to various hosts.
• Involved in storage capacity planning and troubleshooting issues related to mapping, masking and zoning.
• Involved in the data migration project, which required consolidation of storage from CLARiiON and older DMX frames to VMAX array.
• Implemented Auto provisioning features on VMAX arrays by creating initiators, storage groups and masking views using Solution Enabler SYMCLI, SMC and expanded thin pool capacity by adding data devices.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX array to hosts by creating thin devices, binding thin devices to thin pool and mapping to FA ports and masking the thin devices to the host.
• Monitored thin pool subscription and usage and expanded the pool capacity accordingly by adding data devices to the pool.
• Created FAST policies and applied to the storage groups on VMAX.
• Configured, performed and maintained SRDF/A sessions between Symmetrix VMAX storage arrays.
• Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production data using Time Finder Clone/Snap on VMAX.
• Configured, managed and monitored SnapView snapshots and clones on CLARiiON CX Series Subsystems.
• Performed configuration operations on Cisco MDS Director Switches 9148, 9506 and 9509, which included configuring multiple VSANs, configuring Port Channels and IVRs. Both command line and Fabric/Device Manager were used.
• Performed storage enhancements and for better performance with respect to critical productions servers/applications.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX 3-1500,DMX 4 -1500, VNX-5700/5300, CLARiiON CX 3-80/ 3-40/4-120 , AX-4, SymCLI 7.x/SMC7.x, SPA, vMotion, VCenter, Unisphere, Navisphere, SnapView, HP-UX 11i, AIX and Windows, ECC 6.1,Time Finder Clones, NetApp FAS 3220, FAS 2050 and FAS 6080 series Storage Systems, SnapManager, SnapDrive, SnapMirror, Statspack, OnCommand System Manager, SAN, NAS, CIFS, NFS, Data ONTAP 8.x-7 mode, DFM Operations Manager, Performance Advisor and Cisco MDS 9506/9509/9148.

Confidential

SAN Admin

Responsibilities:

• Managed EMC CLARiiON CX4-960, CX3-80, DMX3, SAN upgrades, and re-designs in heterogeneous environments, which include the following operating systems: Windows 2000/2003/MSCS, AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 & 4 and Solaris.
• Deployed Time Finder Business Continuity Solutions by allocating BCV devices, Clones and Snapshots as per the business needs on DMX and Clariion.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning technique with creation of Thin Devices on DMX using Symcli.
• Storage Provisioning (Lun Creation, Mapping, and Masking) on Clariion/DMX arrays through Symcli, Navisphere/Navicli and ECC tools.
• Successfully allocated Storage for open systems storage environment from Clariion, Symmetrix to Windows, Solaris, Linux, IBM-AIX and HP-UX servers.
• Installation and Configuration of Raid groups, storage groups and disk mirroring.
• Storage provisioning on Clariion and Symmetrix Systems for Windows, Solaris and AIX hosts.
• Proposed LUN, RAID Group and Storage Group configuration after evaluating company’s present and anticipated growth.
• Created BCVs (Business Continuity Volumes) using EMC Timefinder on SRDFs to offer workload compression, performing backups, increase productivity, etc.
• Installation and management of SRDF, Timefinder and creating BCVs as disaster recovery solution.
• Perform monitor and generate reports using ECC and extract file lever reports using storage scope.
• Actively participate in the planning and implementation of storage and backup solutions.
• Participated in Data center migration of Symmetrix DMX 2000 using Open Replicator.
• Storage Provisioning using zoning, LUN masking, mapping and reclamation, Capacity planning, disk layout planning.
• Performed daily activities and checks on the NetApp FAS3020, FAS3040 and FAS3070 Filers.
• Resolved issues if any in the filers.
• Created Volumes, Luns from console
• Administered Luns and snapshots using Snapdrive.
• Configured and administered Brocade and McData Fiber channel switches.
• Involved in Installation and configuration of Emulex and Qlogic HBA’s for SAN connectivity.
• Worked on Perl and Shell Scripts.
• Planned and implemented High availability & Disaster Recovery of SAN/NAS Storage.

Environment: Windows,AIX,HP-UX, SOLARIS, Linux, SAN, NAS, SymCLI, NaviCLI, EMC VNX, VMAX,DMX, Unisphere, TimeFinder, SRDF, BCV, LUNs, RAID Configuration, SnapMirror

Confidential

AIX/Linux System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation and maintenance of AIX Systems.
• Administration of AIX Operating Systems.
• System & backup management using IBM ADSM Backup Server.
• IBM RS/6000 SP System Software Maintenance AIX System Dump Generation and sending System Dump to AIX System Support Center.
• Installation/administration of AIX, Linux, Solaris, and NT/2000 Servers on a LAN, setting up optimal RAID levels (fault tolerance) for protected data storage in NAS environments. Install and configure DHCP, DNS (BIND, MS), web (Apache, IIS), mail (SMTP, IMAP, POP3), and file servers.
• Defined and setup network printers, and install client/server applications. Define/setup network protocols, Network File Services (NFS), and Network Information Services (NIS).
• Setup and administered training room / Mentored students during training
• AIX systems administration and Disk Management using SMIT.
• Logical Volume Management (LVM) of AIX.
• Predefined and Customized Volume Group management on AIX
• Installation and Administration of TIVOLI Service Desk.
• Disk Replacement Strategy on AIX.
• Managing cron jobs, batch processing and job scheduling.
• Software installation and maintenance.
• Installation and administration of peripherals.
• Security, users and groups administration.
• Networking service, performance, and resource monitoring
• Daily backup and restore operations.
• Set-up and administration of DNS server.
• Completed a full migration of UNIX Server (Solaris), including all network services, applications from NT 4 to Windows 2000 platform.
• Installation/setup of client/server MMS Applications. Create RDBMS backend with Oracle8 Database and MS SQL Server for the University at telecommunication sites throughout the US.
• Review Design Documentation confirming to Software Requirements
• Systems administrator providing support for production and development systems. Environment consisted of multiple IBM RS/6000’s (SP, R-series) and X-Window terminals
• Used perl v5 for systems tasks as well as C and Korn shell scripting.
• Design and implemented SMIT configuration screens.
• Other standard system administration tasks performed, such as system monitoring, performance usage, network support, and user support

Environment: AIX, IBM ADSM, DNS, DHCP, NFS, Apache, SMTP,IMAP, POP3, SMIT, Scheduling, Scripting using CRON, TIVOLI,Oracle8, MS SQL, Windows NT, Windows 2000,Perl