SUMMARY

• More than 7 years of professional experience in Storage and Backup technologies with large variety of EMC, Netapp, Brocade, CISCO and Symantec products.
• PowerPath installation and configuration on both Windows and UNIX platforms for failover and load balancing purposes.
• Extensively worked on data Migrations using migration software - Open Replicator, SANCopy, Universal Volume Manager, Volume Migration Utility, HTSM, Open Migrator.
• Proficient Storage provisioning skills with Clariion CX3, CX4, VNX5500, VNX5700, DMX3, DMX4, VMAX 20k/40k series systems.
• Storage provisioning expertise with VSP, AMS 2500/2300/2100USP and V/VM/1100, 9980.
• Migrated hundreds of TB of data, using array based tools Open Replicator, SanCopy and using Host based tools Open Migrator and PPME.
• Extensive knowledge on implementing EMC NAS and NetApp products.
• Experience in installing, configuring and administration of Cisco and Brocade switches and fabric management.
• Hands on experience with EMC and NetApp management tools like Navisphere, ECC, SMC, Snapview snapshot/clone, Mirror View, Filerview, Snapmirror, SnapVault and PowerPath.
• Expertise in implementing business continuity solutions using various migration and replication tools like SnapView Snapshot/Clone, SAN Copy, Snapmirror and Snapvault.
• Hands on experience with zoning, storage provisioning, LUN creation, Mapping and Masking.
• Worked on integrating storage on Exchange and SQL databases.
• Experience installing ECC, deploying master agent and pushing application agents.
• Experienced in writing the Data Center Audit reports and Performance reports.
• Good knowledge on Win 2K/Win 2K3 networks, Active Directory and TCP/IP protocols.
• Proficient in end user support over the phone and also remotely using Windows remote desktop, VNC, WebEx, DS view and ILO to connect to the servers.
• Expertise in DNS, DHCP, WINS and Active Directory configuration in Windows based server environments.
• Solid experience in identifying and analyzing technical issues and troubleshooting them.
• Very adapting at utilizing resources and integrating EMC best practices and leading edge technologies while being aware of business requirements.
• Excellent experience in Administrating Planning SAN environment using NetApp filers.
• Excellent experience in Managing bot 7 mode and CDOT filers.
• Solid of experience in building and managing the CDOT filers.
• Over one year of experience in designing and managing the 7mode to CDOT transitions using the 7MTT tool and snapmirror.
• Experienced in administrating storages like NetApp Filers using Filer View and System Manager.
• Excellent knowledge on Snapmirror, Snap Vault, Snapshots and Snap Restore technologies.
• Experience in migrating data at local and to remote sites using Snapmirror and SnapVault.

• Configured and built CDOT filers with Storage Virtual Machines SVMs for both SAN and NAS environments.

• Designed the Logical Interfaces LIFs on the CDOT filers.
• Experienced with enterprise class storage including SCSI, RAID and Fiber-Channel technologies and the accompanying enterprise class software solutions.
• Extensively worked on Remedy tool Change management, request management and Incident tickets.
• Versatile team player with good communication and problem solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Storage Systems: Symmetrix V-Max, DMX-2/3/4, CLARiiON VNX 5700, 5500, 5300, Clarion

CX4, CX3 series

Storage Technologies: SAN, NAS, CAS, DAS, TCP IP, FCP, iSCSI, NFS CIFS protocols

SAN Software: SYMCLI 6.x/7.x, Netapp Sanscreen, Oncommand SMC 6.x/7.x, ECC 6.x,

EMC Control Center, FAST, FAST VP, Unisphere and NaviSphere

Manager, NaviSecCLI, Brocade CLI, Web Tools, Fabric Manager, Cisco

CLI, Cisco Device Manager, Fabric Manager, Data ONTAP,

OnCommand Unified Manager, System Manager SnapMirror,

SnapVault, SyncMirror, snapDrive, SnapManager, filer view

Networking: SAN, NAS, DAS, NFS, Auto FS, NIS, DNS, LAN, WAN, iSCSI, Fibre

Channel, TCP/IP, DHCP.

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Solaris 10/9/8, Red Hat Linux

5, SuSe Linux 10 and DATA ONTAP

Programming: Basic shell-scripting, C, C , MS Access 2003Microsoft SQL Server.

Knowledge on Hitachi USP1100, USPV, USPVM, VSP AIX 5.2/5.3, Solaris, Redhat

ES3/ES4, Linux, HP 11/11i and Windows 2k/08, VMWare ESX Server4.x.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Role: Sr. Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrated day to day storage allocation on Netapp, VMAX, DMX, and VNX.
• Support of NetApp systems, ONTAP 7-mode and C-mode.
• Handled migrations from NetApp Data ONTAP 7-mode to C-mode using the tool set available.
• Installed, Configured two FAS 3220 and Managed in C-mode.
• Migrated Data from 60TB from Fileservers to NetApp FAS3220 Cluster mode .
• Installed C-mode .8.2P6 on FAS3220 series filers.
• Involved in implementing installing NetApp OnCommand System Manager.
• Experienced in Creating CIFS shares, Junction paths, NFS mounts on FAS3220 systems.
• Involved in Creating LUNs and igroups on FAS3220 C-mode systems.
• Involved in Configuring daily snapshots 7 Day retention .
• Experienced in creating vServers and creating protection polices to mirror data between source and destination FAS3220 NetApp systems.
• Created and administered aggregates, volumes, qtrees, FlexVols, FlexClones, Snapshots, Space Guarantee etc.
• Created and Configured RAID Groups, Storage Groups, Binding LUNs, Naming, Resizing.
• Create, configure, and manage CIFS NFS shares, quotas, groups, and permissions.
• Configured and Administered Open System SnapVault and SnapRestore for backup and restore operation in Netapp NAS Environment.
• Provisioned Virtual Volumes from VPLEX after performing Host Encapsulation on VPLEX.

• Used Storage Resource Management SRM tools to monitor Storage Area Network infrastructure systems such as CX 480/960, NS120/480/960 and VNX 5300/5500.
• End to end Administration and Management of Storage environment by configuring EMC control center.
• Migrated and virtualized data behind VPLEX using mobility central with zero server downtime.
• Configuration and management of Cisco Fabric environment. Tasks include creation of device alias, zones, adding zones to zoneset and activating zoneset.
• Implemented thin provisioning from VMAX to UNIX AIX, Solaris and Linux and Windows2003/2008 clusters servers, and VMware ESX Servers.
• Created data devs, thin pools, tdevs, Meta volumes using SMC and Symcli
• Configuration and management of VNX arrays using Unisphere Manager. Assigned storage to unix and windows servers and configuration of NFS exports and CIFS shares using Unisphere manager
• Implemented SRDF/A on V-Max/DMX for disaster recovery setup between local and remote datacenters
• Storage allocation to new build and existing UNIX, Windows servers/clusters and VMWare ESX environment using auto provisioning on V-max using SYMCLI/SMC. Tasks include creation of tdevs, binding tdevs to thin pools, creation of initiator/storage/port groups and creating masking view and enabling bit settings to initiators.
• Worked on Symmetrix Timefinder BCV/Clone/Snap, Clariion SnapView snapshot/Clone for multiple point-in-time copies of file systems/databases for backup/test purposes.
• Configuration and Administration of SRDF.
• Hands on experience with Distributed Devices in VPLEX Metro Environments.
• Upgraded ONTAP TO 8.1 RC3 rc3 is the fix for random reboots of the filer and fixed the bug 537666.
• Migrated data from EMC array to Hitachi USP V storage array using Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager.
• Migrated hosts form DMX-3 to VMAX using RecoverPoint.
• Provisioned storage to VPLEX Backend from various Storage Arrays.
• Collected and analyzed performance data using perf advisor from VMWare supported storage systems.
• Performed End to End Administration of VPLEX VS2 Hardware.
• Maintained storage standards, procedures, policies, security etc.
• Designed the Logical Interfaces LIFs on the CDOT systems.
• Used NetApp Best Practices in deploying the NAS/SAN environments on CDOT filers.
• Configured the volume language settings on SVMs and volumes.
• Enabled Storage Efficiencies and Deduplication on the CDOT volumes.
• Configured QoS policies on LUNs/Volumes and managed the IOPS and throughput on them.
• Performed the volume moves between the aggregates and worked on aggregate reallocates.
• Installed OnCommand Unified Manager 6.1 for managing the NetApp CDOT environment.
• Worked on Performance manager 1.x to pull the performace reports on the clusters.

Environment: VMAX-10k/20k, Symmetrix DMX-3,DMX-1000, 2000 , Celerra NS501G, NS700 NetApp FAS 8060/6240/3250/2240, DataOntap7G, CX 480/960,NS120/480/960 and VNX 5300/5500, EMC NetWorker 7.6, Brocade 3850/3800, Brocade 24k, McData DS32M2/DS16M2, McData 6140, Emulex and Q-logic HBA's, C-DOT

Confidential

Role: Sr. Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Allocated and Provisioned storage from VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 arrays to Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX, VMware servers.
• Worked on SAN environment with DMX1000/2000/3000/DMX3, CLARiiON CX-4,VMAX-10K/20K, EMC Control Center, SYMCLI, PowerPath, SRDF/S, SRDF/A, LUN Manager, LUN Expansion, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Volume Migration Utility, Hitachi Dynamic provisioning, HTSM, McDara and Brocade switches.
• Proficient in using Unisphere, Symcli, Control Center and NaviSphere tools from the Symmetrix and Clariion storage units.
• Planning and designing migration solutions from Non-EMC to EMC using migration software, Open replicator, SANCOPY, host based migration tool, virtual data migrations VPLEX, Invista according to the customer environment.
• Upgraded SMC to unisphere for VMAX.
• Performed installation of Solutions Enabler 7.1.1 and Symmetrix Management Console version 7.1.1.
• Upgraded enguinity microcode to 5876 on VMAX.
• Performed various methods of data migration from NetApp to EMC and EMC to NetApp and providing the customer with practical methods in transferring large amounts of data to remote locations.
• Organized trunking and zoning in Brocade 4900, 5100, 48k and DCX using Brocade DCNM, CLI, Web Tools.
• Experience in configuring VPLEX with VMAX 20k, 40k and VNS 5700.
• Performed VPLEX Data Mobility Migrations by Encapsulating Hosts on to VPLEX.
• Conducted various VNX business continuity volumes.
• Configured troubleshot EMC symmetrix DMX BCV backups Establish/Split/Restore .
• Designed, deployed and partly configured new Gen-2 VNX 5800 unified array and also involved in the rack and stack process of the array.
• Managed VNX 5300 Block array through Unisphere console which involved creating storage pools, thin storage provisioning and cloning operations.
• Allocated and configured storage for EMC VNX for block storage provisioning using the FAST VP technology.
• Followed EMC best practices in storage provisioning-complete balance of performance across all the FA's.
• Profound knowledge with Array based and Host based migrations like Open Replicator, Open Migrator for Symmetrix.
• Worked extensively on SAN refresh Migrations from Hitachi USPV4, USPV2, VSP arrays to Symmetrix VMAX 40k/10k using Open replicator Hot Pull migration technique, SYMCLI 7.x, EMC Unisphere Manager.
• Orchestrated the Open replicator migration between DMX-4 and DMX-3.
• Configured SnapMirror, SnapReserve, allocating deallocating shares to UNIX and Windows Clients from NetApp storage systems.
• Administered NAS Environment using DataFabric Operations Manager.
• Converted concatenated meta's to striped meta's for improving performance on raid 1 devices.
• Installation and Management of OnCommand Core package 5.2 and OnCommand Unified Manager 6.x.
• Designed the Export policies and Name Space in the NAS environment on the CDOT filers.
• Implemented the User and Group Quotas in the NAS environment.
• Experience in setting up the peer relationships between the NetApp cluster for snapmirror and Snapvault operations.
• Configured Intercluster LIFs, Data LIFs and Management LIFs on the SVMs.
• Performed Cluster Ontap Rolling upgrades by installing new images on the nodes.
• Installed and Managed Snap Manager products in the CDOT environment.

Environment: FAS 6240/3250,EMC Clariion CX 3-80, Symmetrix DMX 2000/3000/DMX3, CLARiiON CX-4,VMAX-10K/20K, EMC NAS 40G,SAN Manager, VMWARE, Qlogic HBAs, Cisco MDS 9120 switches, IBM 3583 tape library, Lotus Notes 7.0, Microsoft Windows 2003, Celerra Manager, ECC 5.2, Navisphere Manager, Storage scope, Veritas NetBackup, Brocade Switches, Snapview clone, powerpath.

Confidential

Role: SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed auto-provisioning for VMAX by creating, initiator groups, port groups, storage groups and masking views using SMC and Solution Enabler SYMCLI.
• Worked on Storage provisioning, fabric administration in EMC high end and mid-range storage environment including DMX-3/4, CLARiiON VNX, CX-4, Brocade DCX and Cisco 9513 switches.
• Allocated and Provisioned storage from VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 arrays to Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX, VMware servers.
• Implemented Thin Provisioning from VMAX array to hosts by creating Data devices, thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and masking the Thin devices to the host, using SMC 7.0.
• Performed installation of Solutions Enabler v7.1.1 and SMC 7.1.1 on several UNIX and Windows management servers.
• Conducted Virtual Provisioning with Thin Pools providing oversubscription for applications with similar performance requirements from VMAX to hosts.
• Installed and configured the Unisphere Agent/CLI on UNIX and Windows Servers.
• Implemented storage provisioning from NS 480 NAS Celerra systems.
• Created file systems using NFS and CIFS protocol and exported them to UNIX clients and shared them to Windows clients respectively.
• Allocated storage to VMware ESX, ESXi server, Windows, HP/AIX/HP servers.
• Configured FAST-VP and FAST Cache in Enginuity arrays.
• Lead data migration of Windows file servers and UNIX NFS file servers to NetApp
• Performed the SnapMirror VSM and QSM and assisted customer in SyncMirror.
• Worked extensively on NDMP copy, Vol copy for volume migrations.
• Constantly monitored the storage health on NetApp filers and discussed with the management in doing capacity planning.
• Performed Zoning, Mapping, and created igroups as a part of SAN storage provisioning.
• Implemented Snap Vault Technology in to the environment for disk to disk Backup.
• Implemented Snap Mirror Technology to Migrate Data to DR Location.
• Presented storage over CIFS, NFS, and FCP.
• Worked on NetApp FAS 250, 900, 3000 series filers.
• Provided automated, non-disruptive capacity expansion, data replication, and data management across heterogeneous file server environments such as Windows and UNIX.
• Cloned FlexVol volumes using FlexClone.
• Maintained a healthy NetApp storage by Configuring vfiler, qtree, volume, aggregates and snapshots using DataOntap, FilerView, and DataFabric when required.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix DMX-1000, DMX-3000, DMX-4, CLARiiON 400, CX600/CX700, NetApp FAS 3040 and FAS 3020, Celerra NS501G, NS700, NFS, Emulex HBAs, Qlogic HBAs, Brocade , McData and Cisco switches, QLogic 9600/9202,PowerPath.

Confidential

Role: NetApp Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured Aggregates, Volumes, Qtrees, Snap mirror, Snapshots Snap Vault.
• Implemented Netapp Deduplication, Thin Provisioning thus providing storage requirement forecasting analysis.
• Create, expand aggregate, volume, Qtrees for NAS environments, LUNs, Igroups for SAN environment's and also reclamation of LUNs and SAN ports.
• Followed NetApp's best practices in creating Run Book Design and documentation for the clients.
• Worked with the clients in creating the customized backup schedules specific to the clients data.
• Protection needs by implementing SnapMirror, snapshot and backup using SnapRestore.
• Collaborated with Netapp support by analyzing Perfstat and nSanity SAN reports and fix major performance issues in the environment.
• Implemented upgrades on disk, shelf, RLM, SP, IOM, ACP upgrades in various client environments referencing NetApp ASUP.
• Created boot LUN for the servers using image.
• Configured scripts for taking the snapshots on the server and also fix them if there are any issues with the current one.
• Created Volumes, LUNs from console.
• Worked on Designing and implementing bunker and remote replication using NetApp SnapMirror and SnapVault technologies.
• Restored LUNs in case of any corruption using LUN clone.
• Worked with the offshore storage team to ensure that volume configuration are as per standards.
• Creation of Volume-Group, Volume, Host Mapping and troubleshooting on VxWorksRTOS.
• Implemented various NetApp technologies- Deduplication, Thin Provisioning thus providing storage requirement forecasting analysis.
• Hands on Experience on Cisco and Brocade zoning and SAN data provisioning.
• Did Zoning, Mapping, and created igroups as a part of SAN storage provisioning. Configured NFS, CIFS and also did CIFS shares management.
• Setup and troubleshoot of Filer environment.
• Setup and troubleshoot of NFS, CIFS SAN environment.
• Storage remediation like HBA driver and firmware upgrade.
• Performed the SnapMirror VSM and QSM and assisted customer in SyncMirror.
• Expertise in Setting up Netapp infrastructure from configuration through provisioning along with switch zoning.
• Good working knowledge Windows, UNIX.

Environment: Cisco MDS 9513, Brocade DS-200B, Netapp FAS 6080/3040/2040, V-Series arrays, Fabric Manager, Connectrix Manager, Device Manager, VMware ESX, Redhat Linux, VERITAS Volume Manager, Connectrix Manager, Windows, Sun Solaris 8/9/10, HP-UX, IBM-AIX, Management Console, Cisco Fabric/Device Manager HP-UX/AIX Logical Volume Manager

Confidential

Role: SAN Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked on NetApp FAS series arrays.
• Helped plan, design, and execute several data migrations from EMC to NetApp systems.
• Worked on zoning, masking, mapping and storage provisioning LUN creation.
• Monitor and manage Enterprise backups using Netbackup and IBM tape libraries.
• Conducted troubleshooting and fixed hardware issues such as GBIC, FC port, FC cable failures.
• Helped the management team in preparing storage capacity utilization report using EMC Control Center Storage Scope.
• Worked on servers such as Solaris HP-UX, AIX 5.3, Windows 2000, 2003.
• Hands on experience in SAN deployment and management of EMC Connectrix switches, McData.
• Conducted zoning and troubleshooting on Cisco MDS series.
• Performed daily system health checkouts, OS installs and upgrades.
• Conducted SnapMirror migrations among VSM QSM between different NetApp filers.
• Managed end-end operational support during the implementation of software and hardware checkouts.
• Data migrations while performing power down checkouts.
• Performed daily checkouts on backups and coordinate for resolution for managing disk failure replacement process.
• Constantly monitored the storage health on NetApp filers collected the reports and discussed with the management in doing capacity planning.
• Performed Data ONTAP Non-Disruptive upgrades with in 7.X family.
• Created LUNs on Fibre Channel SAN and presented them to the hosts.
• Architecting and remote replication using NetApp Snap Mirror and Snap Vault technologies.
• Configured CIFS NFS shares, quotas, groups, and permissions.
• Worked extensively on migrating data from EMC NAS array to NetApp array.
• Configured VLANS and VIFs in Netapp Environment.
• Storage Provisioning and Administering multi-vendor operating systems which includes Solaris, IBM AIX, RedHat Linux, and Windows.

Environment: Data ONTAP 7.3, Filer View, EMC DMX-4/DMX-3, NetApp Filers FAS 6040, FAS3020 and FAS3070, Data Fabric Operations Manager , Solaris 8, 9 10, HP-UX 11.X, AIX 5.1,5.2 5.3, Brocade Connectrix Manager, CDL 4200, Cisco MDS 9509, 9506 and Brocade 4900,48K, Windows 2000/2003