Summary

Employment History

Confidential

Role : SAN Storage Engineer/Architect

Responsibility :

• Assigning changes to team member.
• Incident Management over conference call. Representing team over conference call.
• Representing Team to Root Cause Analysis RCA Meeting
• Created SANscreen reports for SAN topology saves 15min for resolving issues in problems.
• Created Java based Dashboard for team management which helped in creating reports for Chargeback reporting for SAN and Backup environment.
• Created Java based trending for SAN utilization tier based, host based, pool based
• Solving issues based on performance.
• Worked with Customer to have Customer Satisfaction Index over 95 in last 2.5yrs.
• Helped team members in increasing their technical skills.
• Increase work efficiencies for team.
• Performed many technical sessions to team.
• With high efficiency, Customer added different Site to manage under team workload increased work load
• Created MySQL databases for trending purpose.
• Evaluate Response times for application.
• Created many scripts Bash, shell and java For Ex. To report failure on DS,ESS, alerts for Storage ports, backup failures, Daily backup capacity.
• Define project plan and maintenance execution

Project Implemented :

• McData to DCX host migration
• IBM to HDS USPV to VSP migration
• USPV/VSP externalization
• Rebalance HDS HNAS workload over nodes
• Migration of Netapp 7mode workload to Netapp Cluster mode
• New hardware installation Brocade switches, HDS storage, Netapp Storages, IBM 8800, IBM V7000
• Created Web Portal for Switches and Netapp storage Monitoring

Brocade SAN Switches :

• Create Design document for new switches
• Creating/deleting Logical Switches.
• Creating/deleting Logical fabric.
• Enabling/Disabling Virtual fabrics.
• Adding and removing ports on a logical switches.
• Changing fabricID or DomainID in switches/fabric.
• Upgrade/test/Restore Firmware on switches.
• Creating/Adding/Deleting Zonesets.
• Add/Delete/Modify zones from active zonesets.
• Working on Brocade/McDATA native modes.
• NPIV management.
• Managing User administration.
• Creating XISL/ISL/ICL trucking in DCX.
• LDAP integration of Brocade switches
• Buffer-to-Buffer credit distribution/recovery
• Fill-word setting configuration as per storage/Host Vendor recommendation
• Condor based port allocation for Local switching
• Switch policy standards. Different standard for Tape and Host based fabric
• Syslog configuration as per PCI/FISMA Standard
• Scripts created for monitoring switch status. This script recovered password less authentication. Email will be generated if any storage port is down or host port is down for more than 1 hr considering reboot time
• SNMP traps setup/Configuration
• Firewall implementation as per PCI/FISMA standard
• Switch License management

USPV/VSP/AMS Storage :

• Migrated 150TB from one AMS to other AMS. Reconfigured Entire environment.
• Migrated Legacy IBM/Sun Hardware to HDS Virtualized environment.
• Migrating Data from one tier to another.
• Configure Dynamic/Thin Provisioning DP pool.
• Configuring Storage virtualization which reduces capital expenditure CAPEX .
• Creating Cache partitioning/CLPRs.
• Creating and allocating/De-Allocating DP Vols, Pool volume, Virtual volumes.
• Work on Hitachi Device manager HDvM GUI and CLI
• Installing and configure Hitachi Command Suite HCS
• Add/Edit/Remove/Refresh storage subsystem to HCS. Scanning/Adding host to HCS.
• Backing up/restoring and migrating HDvM database.
• Creating logical groups for host/Volume for various migration tasks.
• Creating Tiers in HCS.
• Creating schedules and task management in HCS.
• Adding blue-arc systems do HCS system.
• Lun allocation/de-allocation via Storage navigator or HDvM
• Converting port from P-to-P or FC-AL or vice a versa.
• Creating /deleting LUSE
• Creating/Deleting/Managing VLL
• Creating/Deleting/managing Dynamic Provisioning pool DP pool
• Creating Cache residency using LBA.
• Creation for Data retention volumes to readonly or protected mode.
• Configured AMS, DS8300 and ESS 800 virtualized behind HDS USPV and HDS VSP Externalization
• Creating pathgroups, Setting path priority, Creating Q-Depths setting as well as cache mode changes for externalize volume.
• Converting host ports from external to target or vice-versa.
• User administration, syslog configuration, license apply or email configuration for issue.
• Creating Multiple Storage out of one physical storage box. Create SLPR's. Adding cache,ports and PGs to SLPR.
• Perform performance analysis for environment for issue via storage navigator or Hitachi performance tool TMEA.
• Managing or Analysis performance via Virtual Instrument VI software Dashboard and Views
• Managing hardware inventory via Netapp SANSCREEN software.
• IBM 8800/IBM DS8300/IBM 4800/IBM 4100/V7000 :
• Basic storage administration like lun provisioning, ldev configuration.
• Creating password less configuration file for administrative activity.
• Creating storage images partitioning on Enterprise storage.
• Raid-group creating/Array group creation/Extent pool creation. Defining different RAID level while creating pools.
• Creating flash copies on enterprise storage. Automated process for flash copy. So No manual intervention is needed.
• Installation of DSCLI and ESSCLI for CLI level administration.
• Storage Externalization in V7000
• Creating mdisk/mdiskgroup/vdisk in V7000
• Creating Flash relationship for redundancy
• Netapp Clustered 7 mode /IBM/HDS HNAS:
• Setup new Netapp cluster
• Create Vserver/LIF/Export Policy/Volumes/Aggregate
• Basic administration like lun provisioning and ldev configuration
• Configured NFS/CIFS protocol.
• Worked on NFS/CIFS volumes.
• Creation Virtual EVS's in HDS filer.
• Migrating EVS from one physical node to another.
• Creating Filesytem, Virtual volumes and defining system level Quota on Filesystem.
• Defining System drives. Assigning priority in multipath system drive.
• Configured system pools .
• Defining clusters in HDS Blue-arcs.
• Monitoring performance for Blue arc system.
• Worked on Netapp Operation manager.
• Managing Netapp via Netapp Operation manager or CLI.
• Working with Netapp System Manager
• Creating/Managing VServer,LIF, Aggregare, Volumes
• Creating/Managing QOS Policies
• Measuring performance using DFM/System Manager/Ops Manager
• Creating Snapmirror Load Sharing/Data Protection for DR purpose or redundancy

Confidential

Role : SAN, Storage Unix Administrator

Responsibility :

• Preparing Plan for the required hardware and network.
• Interfacing with product vendor team to coordinate the development.
• Holding status and staff meetings
• Tracking tasks and monitoring the progress of work
• Tracking and Mitigating the Risks.
• Reporting status to client
• Appraising the performance of the subordinates and recommending pay hikes and promotions
• Determining the resource requirements and Hiring the required resources for the project
• Participating strategy meeting and periodical business meeting.
• Manage detailed scope of the engagement and the service level agreements.
• Establishing Monitoring the processes for Incident Management, Change Management and Quality Management
• Identifying the potential customers, arranging presentations and responding to RFI and RFPs.
• Installation, Setup, Deployment, Configuration Administration of AIX and Linux Servers in DC and DR site
• Creating and configuration of pSeries AIX servers
• Designing Synchronous Online Replication for Production databases for backup purpose.
• Participated and managed actively in all DR Drills
• Design, install, configure and troubleshoot IBM HACMP clustering environment
• Performance Tuning Health Check of Systems and storage
• Handling escalations related to AIX, Cluster and SAN
• Supporting teams in Application deployment
• Documentation and Knowledge Base Creation and has ownership for knowledge base
• Training Clients and Team Members

Confidential

Role : Team member

Responsibility :

• 1st and 2nd Level Incident Management
• Application Support, Troubleshooting Systems and Applications
• Performance Tuning Health Check of Systems and storage
• Worked on Netapp V3020 Filer NAS
• Worked on IBM DS4300
• Worked on Hitachi USP
• Analyse Logs and events on a daily basis
• Monitoring of Systems and Applications
• User Management
• Writing scripts for Level 1 support
• File System/Space Management and Backup
• Incident, Problem, Patch Release and Change Management Activities
• Training team members and new joiners
• Documentation and Knowledge Base Creation
• Worked on IBM DB2 server
• Worked on IBM Websphere application server.
• Implemented BCP DC-DR setup for local Intranet application.

Confidential

Role : Customer Engineer

Responsibility :

• Installation of Operating Systems Redhat Linux EL3.0
• Installation of Anti-Virus McAfee and Sophos Installation of various Company Software ModelSim, Mentor on Redhat Linux 3.0
• Installation Up gradation of Antivirus at client end
• Managing Domain Name Server on Redhat Linux 9.0,
• Managing Window Naming Services,
• Managing Dynamic Host Configuration protocol on Redhat 9.0,
• Managing File Servers and Distributed File system
• Restricting users over the Internet.
• Managing Access Lists, Managing Backup Recovery using Veritas Backup Exec
• Assigning and Scheduling Backup and restoration jobs.
• Managing RAID configuration RAID 0, 1 and Raid 5 Software and Hardware

Confidential

Role : Trainee Technical Consultant

Responsibility :

• Configuration of PDC and BDC on NT environment
• Installing Windows NT, 2000 server and configured the server with TCP/IP and NETBEUI protocols.
• Configured the FTP server and client services on Windows NT server for uploading and downloading the data.
• Created user logins and granted permissions for each user such that the User can store the user files in the server for backup.
• Installed DHCP Manager for dynamic allocation of IP addresses.
• Installing Windows 95 workstations and administering them.
• Configuration of DNS and DHCP in Active Directory environment.
• Uploading and downloading the data files from the remote server through the FTP
• Installation of RedHat Linux 9.0
• Installation of Oracle 9i and creating database
• Installation of Squid Linux based firewall for client.
• Configuration of Sendmail application