PROFILE:

Highly motivated and technically strong Storage admin with around 8 years of experience seeking an opportunity to fully utilize current technical and management expertise in a challenging environment.
Knowledge & Skill Areas:

• Problem Analysis & Resolution
• Software Testing & Troubleshooting
• Project Teamwork & Communications
• Requirements Gathering, Data Analysis and Reporting.

TECHNICALEXPERTISE:

SAN Hardware: Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3, DMX2000/3000, Clariion CX4-240/480/960, CX3-40/80, CX500/600/700,VNX 7500, Hitachi AMS 2500,USP-V,VSP, Cisco MDS 9000 Series, Brocade 5300/5480/4024/48000, Brocade DCX Backbone, Emulex LPSe12002, LPSe12002, Qlogic QLE 2462,QLA 2462 HBA’s

Management Tools: Solutions Enabler, SMC,EMC Control Center 5.2/6.0/6.1,EMC IONIX, Hitachi Storage Navigator,Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2, Time Finder, SRDF, SRDF/A, Open Replicator, Tiered Storage Manager, Volume Migrator, Copy on write Snapshot,Navisphere Manager, Mirrorview/A, Snapview, Sancopy, Cisco Fabric Manager/Device Manager, Brocade Web tools, DCFM, Storage Scope, Symmetrix Performance Analyzer, Power path, Veritas Volume Manager, Robocopy, Recover Point 3.3. 
Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux4.5/5.0, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, Solaris 9/10, AIX V6.1, 5L 5.3, VMware 3.5/4.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Phoenix, AZ October 2011-Present
Sr. Storage Administrator

As a member of Enterprise Storage team also member of Global build team supporting and maintaining Global POD Datacenter located in Phoenix, AZ as well two other Datacenters in London and Mexico. Worked on Hitachi USP-V, VSP, AMS2500, EMC DMX,V-Max with Brocade Fabrics.
Responsibilities:

• Administration of HitachiAMS 2500, USP-V, VSP and EMC DMX, V-Max storage arrays by using Hitachi command suite7, Storage Navigator, Storage Navigator Modular2, Solution Enabler (SYMCLI) and SMC.
• Managing Hitachi Dynamic provisioning pools
• Virtualizations of AMS 1000, AMS 2500 and USP storage frames behind the USPV and VSP using Universal Volume Manager
• Performed migrations between pools using Tiered Storage Manager and Volume Migrator.
• Implemented remote migrations using True Copy and Hitachi Universal replicator.
• Performed In-system level replications using Shadow Image and Copy On Write Snapshot.
• Evaluating the performance of the storage frames using Tuning Manager, Performance Manager etc.
• Responsible for managing SymmetrixDMX, VMAX storage arrays by using Solution Enabler (SYMCLI) and SMC.
• Used SPA for analyzing the performance of the Symmetrix arrays in the environment.
• Documentation of the operational procedures and processes on how to use the Symmetrix Management Console and Solutions Enabler
• Experience in implementation of DR solution using SRDF/A between two Symmetrix DMX-3 storage arrays.
• Created SRDF R1 & R2 pairs, device groups and added devices to the device group.
• Performed Timefinder Snap and Clone operations using BCV’s for array based local replication.

Environment:
USP-V, VSP, AMS2500, EMC DMX, V-Max, Brocade Switches, Storage Navigator, Storage Navigator Modular2, Solution Enabler (SYMCLI), SMC.Tiered Storage Manager, Volume Migrator, DCFM, Brocade Webtools,Tuning Manager.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC November 2010-October 2011
Sr. Storage Administrator

As a member of the storage team actively worked on EMC Symmetrix VMAX/DMX arrays and Clariion frames in handling the day-to-day storage requests in massive quantity. Was involved in storage capacity planning and troubleshooting issues related to mapping, masking, zoning. Also was part of the data migration project which required consolidation of storage from Clariion and older DMX frames to VMAX array.
Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing SymmetrixDMX, VMAX storage arrays by using Solution Enabler (SYMCLI) and SMC.
• Responsible for managing Clariion Storage arrays by using Unisphere, Navisphere.
• Managing VNX7500 in both block level and file level using Unisphere.
• Managing thin provisioning by creating TDEVS, Thin Pools, TDAT’s and set subscriptions, zero space reclaim, draining TDAT’S, rebalancing the pools.
• Creating Meta’s (STD, Thin) both stripedand concatenated as per the requirement and binded TDEV’sto thin pools with pre-allocation if required.
• Expanding STD and thin devices as per requirement.
• Managed ECC Infrastructure for Array Discovery and daily sanity checks.
• Used tools like Excel and JEdit to write queries to gather data.
• Pulled Reports from EMC E-lab Navigator for array based information.
• Used ECC Performance Manager to troubleshoot Performance Issues.
• Performed Auto provisioning on symmetrix VMAX By creating Storage groups and Initiator groups, Port groups and Masking views.
• Performed FAST, FAST VP storagetiering for future needs by creating policies in order to improve the performance of the storage environment.
• Performed zoning for clusters nodes to VMAX FA ports by creating aliasing, creating zones and adding zones to active zone set by using Fabric Manager.
• Done cabling from VMAX FA ports to Cisco switches and labeled the fiber cable according to their respective FA Ports and VSANs and switches
• Used SPA for analyzing the performance of the symmetrix arrays in the environment
• Used Ionix control center for monitoring complete storage environment for all critical alerts and performance.
• Replicated customer Database between Clariion and Symmetrix Using Recover Point CRR (Continuous Remote Replication)
• Generated reports of the storage array’s by using storage scope
• Part of the team for migration of data from Clariion to VMAX by using Oracle ASM
• Used HBAAnywareutility for monitoring and configuration changes on the HBAs.
• Done Knowledge Transfer on the new Symmetrix VMAX Storage Array, Control Center and TimeFinder software
• Documentation of the operational procedures and processes on how to use the Symmetrix Management Console and Solutions Enabler
• Experience in implementation of DR solution using SRDF/A between two Symmetrix DMX-3 storage arrays.
• Created SRDF R1 & R2 pairs, device groups and added devices to the device group.
• Performed Timefinder Snap and Clone operations using BCV’s for array based local replication.

Environment:
Solution Enabler ,SMC, Unisphere, Vmax, DMX 4 ,Clariion CX3-80 , CX4-960, NetApp FAS 3000, Data ONTAP 7.3, Cisco MDS 9000 series ,Cisco Fabric Manager. Cisco Device Manager, Cisco MDS switches, Oracle 10g/11g,Ionix Control Center, Storage Scope Linux RAC cluster servers, Windows Servers, VMware ESX Servers, HBAAnyware utility, Emulex HBA’s.

Confidential,NY Jan 2008- October2010
Storage Administrator

As member of the Storage Operations team, performed the basic storage allocation tasks which included creation of devices, mapping, masking and zoning also was involved in analyzing and troubleshooting issues with Control Center for EMC and Hitachi Storage Systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provisioned storage from Symmetrix storage arrays DMX-3, DMX-4 to Windows, Solaris and Linux hosts using Solutions Enabler and Symmetrix Management Console.
• Provisioning storage from Hitachi Universal Storage Platform 600/1100 to Windows, Solaris and Linux hosts using Storage Navigator GUI.
• Performed thin device provisioning from DMX-4 to various windows and Solaris servers.
• Allocated storage from Clariion storage array CX3-80 to Windows, Linux and VMware hosts using Navisphere manager.
• Created Raid groups, LUNs, Storage groups, registered hosts and assigned LUNs to the hosts using Navisphere manager.
• Experience in Meta LUN expansion and provided additional LUNs in order to provide additional storage to the host.
• Involved in the implementation of thin/virtual provisioning on SAN storage arrays.
• Cisco director class switch fabric Management includes Zoning and ISL using Cisco fabric manager.
• Configured TimeFinder BCVs, Clones and Snapshots for point in time backup copies of production data and provisioned them to backup hosts.
• Created SnapView snapshots and clones sessions for both backups and recovery whenever there is a data loss and data corruption during critical operations.
• Configured MirriorView/A on Clariion storage arrays to replicate data between two sites.
• Experience in implementation of DR solution using SRDF/A between two Symmetrix DMX-3 storage arrays.
• Created SRDF R1 & R2 pairs, device groups and added devices to the device group.
• Migrated data from CX 700 to higher capacity CX3-80 using storage array based software SANCopy.
• Involved in migration of data from Clariion CX 700 to DMX-3 using Open Replicator.
• Implemented TimeFinder Clones for development and testing environments.
• Pull SP collects from storage processor of a Clariion using Navisphere manager.
• Troubleshooting routine critical issues including ports availability, one-path down, host not seeing storage and storage management problems.
• Documented pre and post technical specifications for the projects handled.
• Coordinate and work with third party vendors and service providers for resolution of problems and trouble tickets.
• Involved in fabric migration from Brocade, Mcdata to Cisco.

Environment
Symmetrix DMX-4, DMX-3, Clariion CX3-80, CX 300, CX 500, Hitachi NSC55, USP600/1100, Cisco MDS 9509/9513, Cisco 9140/9120, Storage Navigator, Solutions Enabler, SMC, ECC, Navisphere manager, Cisco fabric manager, Cisco Device Manager, SnapView, TimeFinder, SRDF/A, Open Replicator, Windows, Solaris, Linux, VMware 3.5.

Confidential, Raleigh Nov 2006- Dec2007
SAN Administrator

As a SAN Administrator, actively worked on EMC DMX,Symmetrix and Clariion arrays, configuring for data replication, data migration purposes and storage provisioning in Cisco switched fabric environment involving both UNIX and Windows systems. Also was involved in installing and configuring host based migration software for migration and replication purposes

Responsibilities:

• Configured, managed and monitored a medium capacity storage infrastructure that comprised of DMX 3000, DMX-3, Clariion CX 700/600/500 storage arrays Cisco MDS 9506/9216 using EMC Navisphere manager, Fabric/Device Manager, Connectrix Manager
• Storage provisioning from SymmetrixDMX 3000 and DMX-3 arrays to Windows and Solaris hosts using Symcli, including zone creation, zoneset activation and assisting SA’s to access the storage including updating persistent bindings
• Allocation/Deallocation of storage from Clariion CX 700/600/500 for Windows and Solaris servers using Navisphere Manager. Duties also included zoning using Connectrix Manager and also performed Metalun provisioning and LUN migration to resolve performance issues
• Was involved in migration of data from older AIX 5.2 based servers to newer AIX 5.3 based servers using host based migration software such as Open Migrator
• Performed storage migration/replication within Windows servers using Robocopy as part of CX 700 decommissioning
• Analyzed and improved performance of CX 700 array with the help of NavisphereAnalyser
• Performed data migration from CX 600 to CX 700 using Sancopy, using cold push sessions
• Part of team which performed switch migration from Mcdata ED 64M to Cisco 9506
• Performed installation of Powerpath software on windows and solaris servers and performed failover, load balancing actions on host side
• Trouble shooting issues like one path down or host unable to access its storage
• Installed and configured VERITAS Volume Manager which included converting disks to VM disks, creation of disk groups, volume groups, etc

Environment
DMX 1000/Symmetrix 8830 and CX 700/600/500 storage arrays, Cisco MDS 9506/9216 and Mcdata ED 64m switches, Navisphere Manager, Connectrix and Fabric/Device Manager, Open Replicator, Open Migrator, Sancopy, Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris, AIX and Windows OS

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

B.E in Computer Science and Engineering
EMC Certified Information Storage & Management Associate
VERITAS Certified Professional 
Microsoft Certified Professional