SUMMARY

• Implementation Specialist of 8+ years of experience in IT industry mostly with EMC Storage which includes administration, maintenance and troubleshooting of EMC storage arrays VNX5700/7500,Isilon X400,Symmetrix V - MAX/V-MAX3, CLARiiON CX-3,CX-4 series,XtremeIO, VPLEX MetroandNetapp arrays.
• Performance Analyzer, Unisphere Manager, PowerPath/MPIO,MirrorView,SnapSure, Snap view/Snap clone and SANCopy, ViPR SRM.
• Experienced with installation and configuration of EMC Unisphere for VMAX 10k/VMAX3 and ProSphere 1.7
• Experienced in EMC IsilonMigration, provisioning, creating shares, replicating storage by SyncIQ, Antivirus scanning, setting up SmartQuotas.
• Managed CIFS and NFS exports and FTP services on Isilon.
• Experienced with setting up Smart pools and Smart Quotas in Isilon
• Analyzed customer environment based on current EMC Isilon performance and growth. Added high performance nodes in the Isilon environment to mitigate the future growth.
• Experience with monitoring and management of storage devices by EMC Prosphere, ECC.
• Knowledge about ViPR SRM suite management, implementation and configuration.
• As a storage administrator proven experience with Mapping, Masking, Virtual Provisioning, Auto provisioning Virtual LUN migration (V-MAX3) on EMCSymmetrix arrays using SYMCLI, SMC and ECC
• Experienced with ESX 4/5 migration of virtual machine by using vMotion and site recovery manager(SRM)
• Installation, configuration, monitoring and maintenance of storage infrastructure consist of EMC VNX, XtreamIO storage, EMC VPlex, EMC Isilon and Brocade FC switches.
• Adept at implementation of Disaster Recovery Solutions using SRDF/A, SRDF/S, on Symmetrix and MirrorView/S, MirrorView/A on Clariion arrays
• Expert in setting up/administration and maintenance of Recoverpoint cluster to replicate storage from primary to secondary locations.
• Scripting knowledge like running scripts for health checks and others
• Expertise with host based migration software Open Migrator/LM and LVM on various operating systems including AIX, Solaris, Linux, HP-Unix and Windows for data migration
• Strong documentation, knowledge transfer, reporting skills, change management,standardized procedures, Root Cause Analysis review, SLAs, disaster recovery process, ITIL processes.
• Knowledge and Experienced about Hitachi Storage, IP Network, WAN and LAN free (SAN) based data backup design and configuration.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Arrays: EMCVNX7500,Isilon X400, SymmetrixVMAX, Clariion -CX 4-120/240/480/960 , NS-480 HDS, Confidential SVC, Netapp FAS 3250/3240/6250 , RecoverPoint, Celerra, XtreamIO storage

SAN Software: SMC,Unisphere for VMAX,SYMCLI, OneFS, InsightIQ, /NAVICLI,NAVI Analyzer, EMC Replication Manager, Time Finder/Clone, MirrorviewSanCopy, A, ECC, DFM, Open Replicator, Open Migrator, EMCRecoverPointBrocadeCLI,/ WebTools, CiscoCLI/ Fabric/Device Manager and Power Path/ MPIO, Centera Console, FAST, FAST VP, Brocade DCFM 10.4.5, AvamarSAN Switches Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, 9506, 9222i and Brocade 48k / 24k/12k/ 00/5100, McData ED-10000M/ED-140M/ED- 64M/MP-1640M

Operating Systems: AIX 6.0, Solaris 9/10, Redhat ES3/ES4 Linux, HPUX 11/12i and Windows 08/12, VMWare ESX Server 5.x.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Operations Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Configuring, management and troubleshooting of two new VNX 7500 arrays, Celerraand VMAX 20K, Netapp3240 and VMAX3
• Allocated storage from VMAX 3 andVNX 7500 model arrays using Unisphere to Win 08, Linux and AIX hosts. Installation of VNX with 3 POOL Storage along with FAST cache, VNX File and block Migration design.
• Created Storage Pools and RAID Groups on multiple VNX 7500 arrays.
• Created RAID groups and assigned LUNS from Dell EqualLogic to hosts.
• Implementing and Maintaining FAST Cache and FAST VP in VNX, configuring and managing network File in VNX
• Experience with data encapsulation on VPLEX metro environment backend with VMAX.
• Assigned storage to open system host on VPLEX metro environment.
• Management of Celerra NAS by usigcelerra manager as well as command line.
• Migrated CIFS and NFS shares from Netapp and Celerra to Isilon x400 7 node cluster.
• Experience with monitoring and management of storage devices by EMC Prosphere, ECC.
• Knowledge about ViPR SRM suite management, implementation and configuration.
• Configured EMC ViPR SRM collectors on the virtual machines.
• Migrated 120 Web shares (NFS) from Netapp to isilon by using Isi vol copy.
• Setup quotas, usage notification and file share permissions on Isilon shares.
• Setup Antivirus scanning of Isilon shares by using EMC CAVA with Symantec (SAV 7.0).
• Migrated TB’s of data from old DMX-4 to VMAX3 using Open Replicator and Open Migrator (windows).
• Scripting knowledge like running scripts for health checks for VNX and switches
• Experienced with checkingperformance of Isilon by using Isi stat and InsightIQ.
• Manage alerts, notification, capacity reports and performance matrix from ProSphere.
• Worked on Virtual Storage Manager and EqualLogic group manager, Autosnapshot manager.
• Monitoring and managing alerts in VNX using Unisphere manager. Performing software installations using UnisphereService manager.
• Assigned storage to ESX farm from VNX 7500 storage pool.
• Migrated virtual hosts by using vMotion to new data store created on VNX pool storage.
• Setting up replication manager session to make replication of exchange and Vmware
• Managed CIFS and NFS thorugh 10 isilon clusters that include 106 nodes and almost 5 PB of data.
• Installed insightIQ instances and manged them for performance monitoring of isilon clusters
• Setup Antivirus Scanning of Islion CIFS shares with Symantec AV.
• Performed NAS migration from Isilon to Isilon, and VNX and NetApp to Isilon.

Confidential

Sr. Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Migrated data from 2 DMX -3/DMX-4, 3CLARiiON CX3/4 to 2 VMAX arrays using array based migration techniques Open Replicator, PPME and host based array migration software Open Migrator/LM, on various operating systems including Solaris, Linux, HP-Unix and Windows
• Implemented SAN Migration from Brocade 48K fabrics to Cisco MDS 9513 Fabric as part of tech refresh Project.
• Managed groups and configured LUN’s for UNIX and Windows hosts.
• Performed NFS exports and managed CIFS Shares on Netapp FAS 2040..
• Managed and Configured Qtree and Quotas.
• Created and managed snapshots based on client requirements.
• Created Storage pools, RAID Groups on VNX 5700/VNX 7500, CX4 and NS-480.
• Worked on creating CIFS/NFS exports on Celerra NS480 and Isilon.
• Managed CIFS and NFS in Isilon NL 8 node cluster.
• Setup FTP, managed daily operations, schedule AV scan, and troubleshoot small issues in Islion.
• Hands on experience on isilon clusters having S, X and NL series nodes.
• Created file share/ NFS export on isilon and performed day to day activities for isilonclustres in environment.
• Setup NDMP backup on Isilon cluster to networker backup.
• Scripting knowledge like running scripts for health checks for VNX and switches
• Installing and administrating of storage device EMC isilon in Nas Environment
• Managed CIFS and NFS thorugh 10 isilon clusters that include 106 nodes and almost 5 PB of data.
• Installed insightIQ instances and manged them for performance monitoring of isilon clusters
• Setup Antivirus Scanning of Islion CIFS shares with Symantec AV.
• Performed NAS migration from Isilon to Isilon, and VNX and NetApp to Isilon.
• Setup SnapshotIQ polices and SyncIQ policies. Setup Antivirus Scanning for CIFS shares.
• Performed storage allocation using ECC 6.1, SymCLI 7.2 for heterogeneous open systems environment from VMAX, DMX-3, DMX-4 to Windows, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX servers
• Allocated storage from VNX 5700/7500 model arrays using Unisphere Manager to Win 08, Linux and AIX hosts.Installation of VNX with 3 POOL Storage along with FAST cache.
• Performing LUN expansions and LUN migrations in VMAX, DMX, Clariion&VNX, Implementing and Administrating THIN Provisioning in VNX& VMAX, Data migration trouble shooting VMAX and DMX.
• Implementing and Maintaining FAST Cache and FAST VP in VNX, Configuring and managing Network for Block and File in VNX
• Implementing NFS and CIFS shares in VNX, Creating and Managing File Systems, shares and quotas
• Experienced with storage allocation on 3PAR storage arrays.
• Experience in troubleshooting the boot from SAN issues and performing the server remediation as a part of migration with respect to latest ESM using HEAT reports and E-lab navigator.
• Implemented and tested SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications from DMX3 to DMX4 including creation of dynamic RA groups and dynamic RDF pairs
• Created documents for operational management, troubleshooting the issues that occur in the SAN environment including Storage and Switches.
• Participated in integration of DataDomain with NetBackup Open Storage Technology.
• Generating regular operations reports using EMC IonixControlCenter.

Environment: EMCVNX 5700/7500, VMAX, DMX-4/DMX-3, Netapp 3040, NetApp FAS 3170/3140/3070/3040 Clariion CX4-480, CX3-80, Brocade 48K Cisco MDS 9513, Datadomain 880/890,, Netbackup 7.1/7.0, EMCRecoverPoint, EMC Replication Manager, SYMCLI 7.x, ECC6.x, SMC 7.x, Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Manager6.x, NaviSecCLI, SRDF, TimeFinder, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Open Replicator

Confidential

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Allocated and Provisioned storage from several VMAX, DMX-3, DMX-4, CX3-80, CX4-480 to Windows, Solaris, HP-UNIX and AIX servers.
• Experienced with Virtual Provisioning technology to allocate storage from for VMAX and DMX-4 Arrays using SymCLI, SMC 7.0.
• Implemented zoning on Brocade 48k, DCX, 5100, 5300, Cisco MDS 9513 switches using ECC.
• Hands on experience in EMCCLARiiON Administration by using Navisphere Manager and NaviCLI.
• Design, planning, configuration and implemented data center migration for over 100 servers using different migration methods (LVM,Open Migrator and Open Replicator) with no or less down time.
• Actively involved in the design of the migration methods by discussing with system/database administrators and application owners.
• Migrated 2PB data from old storage frames like DMX-2000s to new array DMX-3 using LVM/open Migrator and open Replicator depending on the customer requirement.
• Involved in migrating SAN environment from Brocade 24k Director to Cisco MDS 9509 and MDS 9513 Directors (interoperability mode).
• Hands on experience in creating Zones and zone sets between different fabrics (to make the SAN migration smooth).
• Collected all the information required to analyze the SRDF/S setup as per the EMC best practice guide lines.
• Based on the analysis, implemented a disaster recovery solution between two data centres located in the same metro area (distance between two sites are less than 50 miles apart) using SRDF/S.
• Installed and configured power path for AIX/HP/Solaris and Windows operating systems to balance the load and provide good performance and fault tolerant.
• Identify underutilized resources (FA ports and host based assets) using Storage scope reporting and proactively resolved the capacity allocation issues.
• Expertise in Trouble shooting and resolving diversified Operating Environment Problems. Administered NAS Celerra systems NS480 and NS82 using Celerra manager/CLI

Environment: EMC V-Max, DMX-3/4, DMX2000 and clarion CX3-80, CX4-480, Cisco MDS 9509 and 9513 Directors, Brocade 48k and 5100 and 5300. AIX (5.2/5.3), HP-UX (11.11/11.23 ), Win 2K/2K3, Solaris 8/9/10.SYMCLI6.x/7.x, SMC 7.0, ECC 6.0, NAVICLI.

Confidential

Storage administrator

Responsibilities:

• Created RAID Groups, BIND LUNs, and Create Storage Groups using Navisphere Manager and assign them to systems.
• Created point-in-time snap shots on a regular interval to provide the data change rate.
• Implemented Mirrorview/S Clariion array CX3-40 for disaster recovery that’s protects most critical data in the event of outage.
• Assisted DBA Team in creating and implementing a new storage layout for Oracle and SQL to improve the performance, stability, and reliability.
• Implemented a disaster recovery solution using SRDF/A to support a bunch of application running on different servers.
• Implemented SRDF/A based on EMC best practice guide lines including the “gold BCVs” to provide a clean copy in case if the both source and target copy is corrupted.
• Configured and implemented Dynamic SRDF groups/parings by converting Static Standard devices to Dynamic devices using Solutions Enabler.
• Hands on experience in creating all kinds of zones and zone sets with proper aliases.
• Setup the ECC to provide the errors and alerts from SAN environment. And also generate the reports to see trend analysis.
• Very good knowledge in Identifying and resolving several SAN cable and configuration issues.
• Provide documents for operational management, troubleshooting the issues that occur in the SAN environment (both Storage and Switches).

Environment: EMC DMX-3/4, DMX 3000, and clarion CX4-120, Cisco MDS 9509, 9506 Directors and MDS 9120, 9140 Departmental, Switches, Brocade 48k Directors) Finder/BCV, Snaps, SRDF/S.