SUMMARY

• A San Professional having extensive IT industry experience of near 8 years with SAN, System Administration, backup and disaster recovery experience.
• Profound experience in NAS, NetApp Filers quota Management, near store Administration, Net Cache Management, NFS exports, Data migration Administration.
• Experience in NetApp DATA ONTAP 8 and 8.1, Snap Manager for SQL server, Snap Mirror replication, Storage planning, Snap mirror, Snap Vault, Volume Copy, Sync mirror, Data management, Disaster recovery planning best practices and testing.
• Snapview snapshot/clone, Mirror View, Filerview, Snapmirror, SnapVault and PowerPath.
• Hands on Experience with NetApp Filers FAS 3000 and FAS 6000 series.
• Excellent command over Storage Filer administration, implementation and support with NetApp FAS filers.
• Extensive knowledge on implementing EMC SAN and NetApp products.
• Hands on Experience in working with Mixed Environments high end storage systems such as EMC Clarion CX400, CX600 CX700, Symmetrix DMX 1000, DMX 2000, DMX 3000/5000 Celerra NS120. NS 240 and NS 480, IBM DS8000 arrays. Configuration, Troubleshooting and Administration.
• Experience with different data management and monitoring tools such as ECC, Storage Scope, Navisphere Manager, Solution enabler, EMC power path, Connectrix Manager, Celera Manager.
• Experience in Installation, Configuration and Integration of NetApp filers with the Windows and UNIX environment.
• Expertise in DNS, DHCP, WINS and Active Directory configuration in Windows based server environments.
• Experience in Management of IBM SVC frames 2145-CF8 and 2145-CG8.
• Worked on Remedy tool Change management, request management and Incident tickets.
• 24X7 Production support on call.
• Versatile team player with good communication and problem solving skills.

SKILLS:

Storage: NetApp FAS, 3000's and 6000's, Vfilers, EMC Symmetrix, Celerra, Clarion, USP-V, USP, NFS, CIFS, SAN, FAN, NAS, Fibre channel, ISCSI.

Platforms: DataOnTap, Microsoft Windows operating systems, Linux Red Hat, Ubuntu , VMware ESX, Solaris10, AIX.

Networking: Cisco switches, Brocade switches, McData Switches. AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003 and UNIX Solaris, Linux and AIX

Computer: MS Office 2003, Visio, Multimedia editing for Windows

Networking: LAN, SAN and NAS Management using Cisco Switches and Directors over FC and IP

Programming: C/C , JAVA, Oracle 9i/10g/11g, Assembly Language, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access 2003

Storage Hardware: SAN-Symmetrix DMX SAN-Clarion FC: AX, CX SAN-Clarion IP SAN-Centera CAS SAN-Brocade NAS-EMC Celerra Products Celerra NS-480, Celerra NX4, Celerra FAST Symmetrix Manager

Storage Software: EMCControlCenter ECC , Navisphere, SymCLI, Solution Enabler

Other Software: SharePoint, BEA Weblogic, Apache Tomcat, JBOSS JIRA, AutoCAD, MATLAB, PSpice, Crystal Report, SSH, FTP and MS Project .

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Confidential

• Analyze the SAN topology, Storage Array Implementation and replication configuration items.
• Worked on Replication Technologies like Mirrorview, Sancopy and understanding of EMC/Brocade Storage replication strategies.
• Ensured the availability, reliability, scalability and manageability of the data storage environment.
• Install and maintain all aspects of SAN Storage Administration including: Daily Provisioning, Expansion, Zoning, Lun Masking, Performance Tuning/Monitoring.
• Make recommendations for improving performance, reliability and functionality of the storage systems.
• Performed on-call support on a rotating basis with other storage admins. Resolve problem tickets as assigned. Adhered and followed documented change control procedures.
• Created capacity planning, reporting, snapmirro for DR, and Network troubleshooting.

Environment : Environment in which NetApp being used for NAS, EMC for SAN, EMC Datadomain for Deduplication STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR BACKUP, RECOVERY, AND ARCHIVING using Symantec netbackup 7.5, Cisco MDS 9513, 9516 and 92221i EMC clarion CX 300, CX 700 NS-960, VNX 5500 and VNX 5700.

Confidential

Storage and Server Engineer

• Contribute to the support and maintenance of company Enterprise Server/Storage environment by participating in the implementation, maintenance, and administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Services and related technologies.
• Provide second level support for systems and users, including participation in the 24 7 on-call rotation with other administrators.
• Maintain EMC VNX, CX-700, and NS480 environements.
• Netapp SAN and NAS environments including LUNS, FC, CIFS, NFS and ISCSI protocol administration.
• Provisioning and supporting virtual desktop or server environments like VMware or Hyper-V and knowledge of working in VMware sphere and prior version environments.
• Monitor all SAN environments for support issue and performance.
• Perform capacity planning and define requirements for additional storage and server resources.
• Take ownership of an assignment through to completion and work effectively with people from different departments within an organization Oral and written communication skills.

Environment: Working in environment consisting of NetApp FAS 3000 and FAS 6000 series, EMC Clarion, Celerra and VNX. Managing and troubleshooting Windows servers. Supporting Virtual desktop environments like VMware ESXi 4.1 and 5.1 using Vmware sphere client.

Confidential

Storage Engineer

• Checking licenses, Network configuration and options on each system to make sure there isn't a problem during a cluster takeover or during Hardware, software, disk, firmware upgrades.
• Using NetApp System Manager to do some basic alerting on issues like when I removed the FlexClone license from one of my filers I can see it on screen alert.
• Worked on oncommand 5.0 by continuously monitoring and analyzing the health status of all the storage system in the environment
• With the Support for DataMotion for vFiler in OnCommand 5.0, migrated vfilers having NAS volumes between different types of NetApp storage systems and different classes of disk without disruption.
• Setting up vfilers being in same and different domain from the filer.
• Replicating data between vfiler to vfiler, vfiler to filer and viceversa.
• Replicating data between 32bit and 64bit volumes between storage systems using Qtree snap mirror and NDMP copy Volume-level
• Interacting with the client daily to discuss about the ongoing issues and the steps to be taken to resolve the same
• Interacting with the offshore team whenever required
• Preparing plan for change request and implementing it in the scheduled time
• Creating, monitoring, and setting up policies to manage backedup data from Netapp storage systems onto tapes using Symantec Netbackup 7.5
• Labelling, changing, adding tapes in the tape libraries physically in the datacenters and then using Symantec backup GUI to allow these changes happen
• Exposure on IBM SVC frames 2145-CF8 like creating, expanding vdisks, mdiskgroups, and moving vdisks between different mdiskgroups seamlessly.
• Worked on code level upgrades to the latest SVC 6.4.0.2 and managing it using TPC 5.1.0 and using the Auto Tier technology in moving hot and any cold data is economic spinning disks
• Maintain reports on disk utilization, availability and growth patterns.

Environment : Environment in which NetApp being used for NAS, IBM SVC for SAN, EMC Datadomain for Deduplication STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR BACKUP, RECOVERY, AND ARCHIVING using Symantec netbackup 7.5, Cisco MDS 9513, 9516 and 92221i NetApp FAS 3000 an 6000 series. Snapmirror, snapvault, Flexclone, ISCSI, Cluster configuration checker, On command Management Console, System Manager, Operations Manager 5.0, IBM TPC monitoring tool for IBM SVC frames.

Confidential

Netapp Engineer/Storage Engineer

• Housekeeping of snapshots, reviewing volume snapshot counts and ages and investigate the removal of excessive or old snapshots
• Aged out or unused snap vault relationships, Investigating and cleanup on the Vfiler 6000 series
• Configuring data storage in NetApp FAS 3000 series filers that run Data ONTAP 7.3.P5 to 8.0.2P2 series using CLI and Filer View. Configurations including Vfiler, Flex Volumes, qtrees, aggregates and snapshots
• Responsible for replication related issues of Netapp based storage using Snapmirr
• Backed up data for Disaster Recovery purposes using Snapvault Qtree replication
• Created Flexcone Volumes and Flexclone LUNS and splitted them from Original volumes and LUNS in an aggregate to have their own space
• Involved in configuration of NetApps FAS systems including qtree, volume, aggregates and Snapshots.
• Created Aggregates, volumes FlexVol , qtrees and Quotas on NetApp Filers. Involved in creating CIFS shares, NFS exports
• Provisioned storage to customers using both ISCSI and Fiberchannel provisioning
• Experience with Cisco fabric manager and CLI to do Zoning for Cisco MDS 9513 switches and Brocade zoning. For M4400 Fabric switches
• Document, Troubleshooting, performance analysis, and issue escalation with vendors.

Environment: Environment is 95 NetApp with NetApp FAS 3000 series, wV-Filer 6000 series. Snapshots, QSM, VSM, Snapshot, SnapRestore, SnapVault,SnapDrive and SnapManager for SQL,SAN, NAS, Auto-Support, HA-Config Checker.

Confidential

SAN Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed and maintained Clarion CX 340 / CX380/CX4-960.
• Implemented SAN with Clarion CX Series Sub-Systems, created Raid Groups and Storage groups, assigned LUNs to Hosts using Navisphere manager 6.x, ECC and NaviCLI.
• Managing and maintaining VMAX, DMX/Symmetrix and clarion issues for customers
• Fixing storage administration issues related to VMAX, DMX and Clariion configuration in production environment.
• Installed NaviSphere Agent/CLI on UNIX Windows Servers.
• Worked with EMC to configure and install VNX using UNISPHERE
• Configured pools, Raid groups on VNX using UNISPHERE
• Created Thick and Thin Luns on VNX using UNISPHERE
• Created NAS pools on VNX and allocated file systems for CIFS from VNX using UNISPHERE
• Created SAN Copy Sessions using Navisphere Manager to perform migration from Clarion CX 3-80 to VMAX 3000
• Configured Snapview Snapshots and Snapview Clones on Clarion CX Series Sub-Systems
• Performed configuration changes with ECC/SYMCLI. Dealt with both open systems FBA and Mainframe systems CKD
• Experience on troubleshooting Symmetrix VMAX / DMX errors and hardware failures
• Worked on Recover point to migrate data to non-emc array on the destination side using I/O split technology
• Knowledge of Connectrix manager and Fabric manager.
• Administration and configuration of Hitachi AMS 2300 AMS 2500 storage array
• Virtualized HDS AMS and EMC arrays on USP using Universal Volume Manager
• Migrated NFS and CIFS data from Celerra to NetApp filers
• Assisted the system administrators to migrate the data from Celerra to Netapp using robocopy/ rsync and cp
• Created aggregates, volumes, qtrees and shared nfs and cifs shares from Netapp filer
• Worked with Netapp to get the filer installed in the environment
• Worked with the system administrators and network administrators to troubleshoot NAS related issue
• Migrated the NAS file systems from stand alone NAS server to netapp arrays
• Configured snapshots schedule on the Netapp volumes in the environment
• Created hourly, nightly, weekly and monthly snapshots to maintain online backup to recover from accidental deletions, corruptions or modifications of the data
• Used RAID-DP protection to prevent data loss in the event of second drive failure without excessive redundancy costs
• Data growth analysis and storage resource forecasting also comes under my responsibilities.

Environment: EMC Clarion/Symmetrix,Navisphere6.X,NaviCLI, snapview, mirrorview, powerpath, BCV, SRDF, Zoning, TimeFinder, ,McData switches/directors, Brocade Directors, EMC control center, Emulex, Qlogic HBA. FAS 3040, FAS 3070, operations manager.