I have been working as an independent IT consultant for the past eight years. I have worked with several consulting firms on a contract basis providing services at their client's site. My expertise is as follow: Eight 8 years of experience as a UNIX/AIX system engineer building, installing, configuring, and supporting AIX systems running on IBM Power 5/6/7 hardware architecture Five 5 years using IBM advanced virtualization features such as VIO Servers, Virtual Ethernet, Virtual SCSI, Etherchannel, NPIV to share hardware resources among logical partitions Five 5 years using IBM HACMP/PowerHA cluster technologies for providing high availability of service. Other skills include Linux system administration, Tivoli Storage Manager TSM for backing up client's data, Shell Scripting etc.

• AIX - 8 years of experience: POWER 5/6/7 and AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1.
• Install, configure, and upgrade the OS monitor, performance tuning and problem determination/resolution in an enterprise environment.
• Hardware Firmware upgrade and device microcode upgrade.
• Configure and manage attached storage: SAN and NAS devices IBM DS8300, IBM DS8800, EMC Symmetrix disks and Hitachi disks.
• LPAR and HMC - 8 years of experience:
• Create, configure and manage logical partitions:
• Dynamic logical partitioning Micro-partitioning.
• Upgrade HMC code from version 6 to 7.
• Add and configure new managed systems to HMC network.
• Live Partition Mobility.
• NIM - 8 years of experience:
• Install and setup NIM server and NIM clients.
• Configure NIM environment and NIM resources for installation
• Perform NIM operations on NIM clients: New install, Cloning, Upgrade etc.
• Install and upgrade multiple AIX versions up to AIX 6.1 through NIM
• Migrating AIX from P5 and P6 to P7 Hardware.
• HACMP/PowerHA - 5 years of experience: HACMP 5.3/5.4/6.1
• Install HACMP software on server and client nodes,
• Create HACMP cluster and nodes.
• Configure and manage cluster topology and resources.
• Perform cluster failover test.
• Perform cluster validation.
• GPFS 2 years of experience: GPFS v3.1/3.2 v 4.1
• Install GPFS software on server .
• Create GPFS cluster and add nodes.
• Create NSDs.
• Create GPFS file system with mmcrfs
• TSM For system backup - 5 years of experience:
• Setup, configure, and manage daily backups using TSM.
• Configure and manage TSM clients.
• Perform system backup.
• Perform system recovery.
• Perform AIX server data recovery: file systems data.
• VIO/PowerVM - 5 years of experience:
• Setup, install and configure VIO server on IBM Power7 and Power6 hardware.
• Install, upgrade and configure VIO server software VIOS 2.3 .
• Configure VIO server features: Virtual Ethernet, Virtual SCSI, Shared Ethernet Adapter, Etherchannel, NPIV.
• Map physical resources to virtual resources.
• Map virtual resources to VIO clients.
• Linux RHEL 2 year experience: RHEL 5/6
• Install, configure, and manage the OS.
• LVM configuration and management.
• Users and groups configuration and management.
• Good knowledge of Red Hat Cluster, Global File System, and Linux Virtual Server.
• Other skills:
• Some exposure to IBM Smart Analytics System and IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms.
• Strong Shell scripting: Korn shell ksh , Perl, Awk, and Sed.
• Administration of NFS servers and clients, as well as NIM servers and clients.
• Configuration and management of local, SAN and NAS disk resources on AIX systems
• Configuration of EMC Symmetrix attached disks.
• TCP/IP configuration.
• Installation of third party software when needed.
• Ability to communicate and convey information orally and in writing to a diverse audience, including management, non-technical, and technical staff.
• Fluent in French and creole.
• Excellent teamwork.
• Excellent customer service.
• Excellent analytical skills necessary to identify and resolve technical issues or problems.
• Capability and desire to continuously learn new technologies, tools, and methodologies.

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AIX System Engineer

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• Healthland provides IT services to several hundred clients throughout the nation. The main objective for this project was to upgrade AIX and DB2 on those client's servers. In some cases servers are migrated to new hardware.
• Perform AIX system resource gathering.
• Perform hardware resource and software verification to determine AIX and DB2 upgrade readiness.
• Perform system microcode upgrade on Power 5/6 and BladeCenter.
• Perform RAM installation or guide remote customer through the RAM installation.
• Perform AIX OS upgrade AIX 7.1 .
• Perform Blade Center Advance Management Module AMM microcode upgrade.
• Perform Device microcode update as necessary.
• Resolve any hardware or software related issues before client hand off for validation.

Environment: IBM AIX 7.1/6.1/5.3 DB2 v 9.5. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6, IBM Power 5, 6, 7. iTivity.

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AIX System Engineer

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• I joined the Forsythe Migration Team at Blue Cross in an effort to move 200 LPARs off of legacy P5 and P6 frames to new IBM P7 frames.
• We utilized several methods of migration depending on resource configuration on the LPARs.
• We used a combination of these methods: SAN disk replication mksysb restore live partition mobility LPM .
• For some servers running AIX5.3 we included a NIMADM process to upgrade the mksysb image to AIX 7.1 then installed the new 7.1 image onto the new hardware.
• We averaged 4 to 12 migration per day depending on size of boot disk and data disks to replicate.
• The whole process is tested and documented for each type of migration.

Environment: IBM AIX7.1, 6.1, 5.3, Solaris, Red Hat Linux 5, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6, IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler, Oracle, Websphere, IBM P770, P750, P595, P550, IBM HMC, IBM XIV, EMC Symetrix, EMC Clariion, EMC Powerpath.

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AIX System Engineer

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• This assignment required planning and executing a server migration to new Power7 MMD Frames located at two sites.
• Gathered all the technical pre-requisites for the migration such as HMC level, AIX version and TL level, VIOS level, and Firmware etc.
• Upgraded firmware on existing Power 6 7 FHA, p590, MMA, MMB.
• Upgraded existing AIX servers and VIO servers using NIM.
• Coordinated with storage and network to setup Ethernet and Fiber channel connectivity.
• Setup new HMC network information and server management.
• Built the new P7 virtual environment with dual VIO server for redundancy.
• Built the Partition profiles and mapped server physical resources to the virtual adapters.
• Performed the migration of the LPARs on existing P7 server using Live Partition Mobility LPM for live migration of production systems.
• Performed the migration of the LPARs on P6 using mksysb image and NIM restore.
• Hand off to application support for verification.

Environment: IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, Red Hat Linux 5, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6, IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler, BMC Service Disk, IBM P770, P750, P595, P550, IBM HMC, IBM XIV, EMC Symetrix, EMC Clariion, EMC Powerpath.

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AIX System Engineer /IBM Power System Consultant

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• Provided Training to Junior AIX administrators HMC and Hardware partitioning, AIX installation, system and device configuration and management as well as mentor Senior AIX admins through divers AIX, NIM, and Virtualization Strategies- SAN boot versus Virtual SCSI, IVE versus Shared Ethernet, VIO configuration, backup and recovery etc.
• Reviewed the server configurations HMC code and Power System firmware compatibility and provided recommendations.
• Performed system tuning, OS upgrade, HMC and Power System firmware upgrade etc.
• Restructured the NIM environment and standardized the NIM resources and NIM installation process.
• Provided support for migrating some AIX systems from P5, P6 to P7 Power Architecture P570, MMA, MMB for better resource utilization.
• Worked with Architecture team to determine systems requirements and resources allocation for new server builds.
• Upgraded the VIO Software to take advantage of new features on newer VIOS release and the P7 severs.

Environment: IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, MicoFocus COBOL, Cognos, BackupExpress, IBM System Director, TAD4D, Oracle, SAP, IBM P570 MMA MMB, IBM HMC 7, IBM DS8300, IBM DS8800, SDDPCM, WAS.

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AIX System Engineer

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• Provided support for Data center migration of AIX systems from P4, P5, P6 to P7 Power Architecture P720, P750, P780
• Worked with Architecture team to design systems hardware and resources allocation and plan the migration.
• Implemented Dual VIOS for redundancy, NPIV for FC Adapter virtualization, Etherchannel and Shard Ethernet adapter for network communication.
• Worked with IBM Engineer during Hardware installation to resolve network connectivity and SAN switch fabric connectivity issues.
• Built the systems from ground up - Installation, cabling, configuration.
• Installed Hardware Management Console HMC - installed dual HMC for redundancy.
• Connected and powered up managed system on the HMC.
• Created VIO and AIX partition profile on the new P7 systems for staging.
• Created virtual Ethernet and fiber channel adapters and mapped physical adapters to virtual adapters P2V through HMC.
• On VIO, configured NPIV for Port Virtualization, Etherchannel and Shared Ethernet Adapters SEA .
• Mapped the virtual adapters the AIX LPARs. Performed DLPAR as needed.
• Installed VIOS2.2 on VIO severs and AIX6.1 on client LPARs.
• Configured IBM DS8800 storage disk on the AIX LPARS.
• Created migration procedures and the strategies for migrating the data on servers running different applications WAS, DB2, LDAP etc where data reside on both SAN and local disk.
• Built NIM servers and TSM server for backup and recovery and for assisting with the migration process.
• Migrated AIX systems - over 200 LPAR and Standalone systems - to new P7 machines using NIM process, SAM mirroring, mksysb and savevg tools.
• Once in steady state, provided incident and change management support.
• Support daily operation respond to Remedy tickets and customer requests.

Environment: IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, Red Hat Linux 5, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6, Fusion, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Remedy, IBM System Director, Wily, Netview, TAD4D, Perl, Korn Shell, IBM P780, P750, P720, P595, P570, P550, IBM HACMP 5.x, IBM HMC, IBM DS8300, IBM DS8800, PowerPath, SDDPCM, DB2, WAS.

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AIX System Administrator

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• This assignment required creating and documenting backup and recovery procedure with TSM for several environment running AIX 5.3/6.1.
• Duties included, but not limited to, configuration and maintenance of the NIM environment NIM resource management Installation and upgrading of the operating system on NIM clients.
• Created step-by-step procedure for backing up the OS using TSM sysback, mksysb and savevg utilities.
• Tested and documented several methods for recovering AIX servers through NIM: Network boot, mksysb and sysback installation and recovery.
• Created and documented procedures for upgrading the systems from AIX5.3 to AIX6.1 using nimadm and multibos utilities also created AIX6.1 and AIX7.1 NIM resources for server upgrade as well as scripts for configuration and health check of the environment.
• Mentored other Linux administrators through some basic AIX system management tasks as well the several methods of installation and recovery of the operating system.
• Some other activities included configuring EMC disks on the LPARs, clearing SAN disks for storage system decommission.
• Some exposure to IBM Smart Analytics System and IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms, On-Call support etc.

Environment: IBM AIX 7.1,6.1, 5.3 Red Hat Linux 4 Windows XP IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.2 Perl, Korn Shell, IBM P595, P570, P550, IBM HACMP 5.x, IBM HMC v7. IBM Smart Analytics System, IBM Tivoli System Automation, EMC Symmetrix.

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AIX System Administrator

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• As a member of the UNIX team, managed the UNIX AIX infrastructure and provided level II support for all issues on AIX servers.
• Duties included, but not limited to, planning and building new server, installation and patching the operating system, NIM server and HMC upgrades.
• Remotely managed logical partitions through the Hardware Management Console HMC : Create, configure new LPARs, Install and update the operating system through NIM .
• Configured SAN disk resources EMC Symmetrix . Provided support for AIX 6.1,5.3, Red Hat Linux 4 customers in a 24x7 support of environment with high client impact hosting sites.

Environment: IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, Red Hat Linux 4, Sun Solaris,Windows XP, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5, Perl, Korn Shell, IBM P595, P570, P550, IBM HACMP 5.x, IBM LPAR Validation tool, IBM HMC, Tivoli Storage Manager TSM , BMC BladeLogic 7, EMC Symmetrix, PowerPath, Oracle 10x , DB2.

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AIX System Administrator

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• As a member of the UNIX team, managed AIX systems running applications such as SAP, Oracle and DB2 on a clustered environment.
• Provided daily operation support and served as primary contact for all SAP/DB2 related issues on the AIX servers.
• Assisted in the migration from P5 to P6 Hardware.
• Daily activities consisted of reviewing problem tickets and provide problem resolution and root cause analysis in an effort to maintain a 24/7 availability of the systems.
• Managed HACMP cluster resources: Topology and resource groups. Managed SAN EMC Symmetrix disk resources and configured LVM on AIX systems in a virtualized environment.
• Provided AIX platform support during a P5/P6 hardware migration.

Environment: IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3/5.2, Red Hat Linux 4, Sun Solaris 10, 9,Windows XP, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5, Perl, Korn Shell, IBM P595, P570, P550, IBM HACMP 5.x, IBM LPAR Validation tool, IBM HMC, Tivoli Storage Manager TSM , EMC Symmetrix, PowerPath, Oracle 10x , DB2.

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AIX System Administrator

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• Worked as a AIX system and Tivoli Storage Manager consultant on several projects such as Storage Optimization, Operating System Backup and Recovery strategies, Standardization of UNIX system data backup policies, Migration to new P5 hardware and new system build.
• Worked in coordination with Storage team, Data protection and compliance team, DBAs, and application developers in the design and implementation of disaster recovery strategies and data back-up retention policies.
• Implemented and tested OS backup and recovery procedure using TSM backup and recovery sysback as well as Oracle, Sybase, and DB2 data backup and recovery standards using Tivoli Data Protection TDPO .
• Assisted in the migration of stand-along servers to P5 hardware. Installed new system using cloned imaged sysback and NIM server.
• Provided remote support and management for LPARs and VIO servers through the Hardware Management Console HMC . Configured and managed local, SAN and NAS disk resources on AIX systems.
• Provided daily operation support - review trouble tickets and provide immediate assistance to customers, troubleshoot and resolve problems review system logs and backups- and participated in On-Call rotation in a 24x7 support of environment with high user impact.

Environment: IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3/5.2, Sun Solaris, HPUX,Windows XP, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Perl, Korn Shell, IBM RS/6000, 6M2, P570, P550, IBM HACMP 4.5, 5.x, IBM LPAR Validation tool, IBM HMC, Tivoli Storage Manager TSM , SVC, IBM Shark, Hitachi disk subsystem, SCSI Disk, Oracle 9.x/8.x, SQL Server 2000, Sybase, DB2 8.0/8.1, MQseries, HTTP, FTP, SSH, Telnet, NFS, NIS, TCP/IP, LDAP.

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AIX System Architect

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• Worked with the AIX team on various projects such as upgrading the environment to AIX5.3, planning new system build, and planning consolidation and disaster recovery strategies. Provided support for internal customers such as DBA, application developers on non-production servers.
• Built new AIX5.3 systems and upgraded other systems from AIX-v5.1/5.2 to AIX-5L v5.3 utilizing cloning and alternate disk install methods.
• Implemented HACMPv5.3 clusters and performed cluster configuration and fail over testing.
• Assisted in SVC migration.
• Participated in the Design Implementation of System Security administration policies Systems security administration policies include: User ID/Group ID management, Password policies, File permissions ownership management for important directories files.
• Other regular administrative tasks include: User Management, OS image Backup, File System Management, and Storage device management.

Environment: IBM AIX 5.3/5.2/5.1, Windows XP, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Perl, Korn Shell, DNS Server, IBM RS/6000, 6M2, P570, P670, P690, H80, B50, IBM HACMP 4.5, 5.x, IBM LPAR Validation tool, IBM HMC, Tivoli Storage Manager TSM , SVC, FASt-T900, Hitachi, SSA Disk, SCSI Disk, Oracle 9.x/8.x, SQL Server 2000, DB2 8.0/8.1, Sybase, MQseries, MQFT, Remedy, HTTP, FTP, SSH, Telnet, NFS, NIS, TCP/IP, DNS.

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Platform Engineer

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• Provided support for migration/consolidation project. Planned and coordinate migration effort. Interfaced with all teams- network, storage, DBA, SA, 3rd party software- to collect necessary information for migration planning.
• Communicated with Project Manager to determined migration method for servers physical move or application move .
• Compiled requirement documents rack space, storage, network connection, environment for new hardware installation/build. Participated in daily status meeting and provided input to other team members.