SUMMARY

• Extensive experience with configuration, administration and troubleshooting of SAN environment using IBM SVC, DS8XXX, IBM XIV , TPC , Protectier, CISCO MDS 9513 Switch, ISCSi, NFS and CIFS, EMC VMAX ,VNX ,RPA , EMC Vplex , EMC Control Center, Storage Scope, Performance Manager WLA , Solutions Enabler SYMCLI, SMC, Unisphere, EMC Navisphere Manager, Navisphere Event Monitor, Navisphere Analyzer, Connectrix Manager, Brocade Fabric Manager and Cisco Device/Fabric Manager.
• Experience with configuration and administration of EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX, EMC CLARiiON and VNX Networked Storage Systems.
• Experienced in planning, design and implementation of SAN solutions like SRDF/S, SRDF/A, TimeFinder, Open Replicator cold hot , SAN Copy, SnapView Snapshot/clone , Recover Point, Power Path Migration.
• Host-to-Storage connectivity was made though FC SAN fabric and iSCSI.
• IBM Storage Volume Controller SVC : Install and configure SVC cluster
• Install SVC nodes, configure SVC cluster, and Install SVC codes,
• Creating Hosts, Mdisk Groups, Vdisks and allocate Vdisks to hosts.
• SVC Code Upgrades.
• Write scripts for Vdisk migration and Vdisk mirroring.
• Implement SVC Metro mirror, Global mirror.
• Brocade / McData SAN switch install configuration and monitoring
• Install, configure McData/Brocade SAN switches McData 4500, 4700, 48000
• Run the Brocade SAN Health reports.
• IBM-Total Productivity Center - Used to monitor disk subsystems and volumes.
• Create alerts through TPC.
• Experience with configuration of FAST Fully Automated Storage Tiering Thin provisioning on Symmetrix , VNX CLARiiON.
• Maintain a stable VMware ESX environment, Virtual Center, product tools like VMotion and VMWARE performance monitoring, capacity planning and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Switch Migration, Switch expansion on Multilayer switches including McData ED140M/ED64M, Cisco MDS 9513/9509 Brocade 4700/4100 FC switches.
• Leading edge IT experience in delivering exceptional customer satisfaction and overall operations.
• Excellent Communication and inter-personal skills with proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and capable of learning new technologies and adapt to a new environment quickly.

Technical Skills

Storage Arrays IBM SVC, DS8100/DS8300, IBM XIV , IBM DS4300, Prtectier , Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4/3, DMX 3000/2000/1000, CLARiiON CX4-960/480/240/120, CX3-80/40/20/10, CX 700/600/500, VNX -5700, 5500, Celerra NS480

Array Management SymCLI, NaviCLI, EMC Control Center 6.1/6.0/5.2, Navisphere

Solutions Manager 6.28/24, Unisphere, Symmetrix Management Console

SAN Connectivity Cisco MDS 9513/09/06, 9222i, Brocade 48K/5300/5100

SAN Connectivity Connectrix Manager 10.x/9.x, Cisco Fabric/Device Manager,

Management Solutions Cisco CLI and Brocade Fabric Manager

Replication Migration flashcopy, Metro mirror , Global mirror, SRDF/S/A, TimeFinder Snap, Clone, BCV , Recover point

Solutions Open Replicator, OpenMigrator, Snap View Snap Shot, Snap Clone, Mirror , SAN Copy, RoboCopy, PPME, EM Copy, LGDUP, SAHREDUP

Monitoring Reporting Performance Manager WLA , Storage Scope, EMC SRM, Navisphere Alert Monitoring, Navisphere Analyzer, Symmetrix Performance analyzer, STP Navigator

Operating Environments Solaris 8/9 , Windows NT, 2000/03/08, IBM AIX V6, HP-UX 11i V2/V3 and VMware ESX 4/3.5

Professional Experience

Confidential

Storage Administrator

• Storage.Design, plan, and Administer SAN and NAS storage for all server platforms. Performing SAN management of IBM SVC , IBM DS 8300 ,CISCO 9513 SAN switch, EMC NS480 , Centera , VNX5500, EMC VMAX 40/20K and Clariion ,Storage hardware management console, Managed and maintained SAN and SAN attached disk Storage Subsystems ,Storage Virtualization, Fabric Zoning.
• Served as an onsite support resident for supporting the EMC storage hardware and the software environment of the client.
• Assisted in initial setup and configuration of the Cisco MDS 9148 switches required for the setup of new fabrics.
• Planned the setup of ISLs required across the primary and secondary data center fabrics prior to the migration.
• Worked on SRM for performance monitoring and reporting.
• Configured, managed and monitored Celerra using Celerra Manager.
• Maintain and upgrade software and hardware to meet the needs of the organization.
• Day-to-day administration of SAN infrastructure using SVC GUI, XIV Storage manager, EMC Unisphere , DS storage manager, DS CLI, TPC total productivity center .
• Configuring required SAN and iSCSI connectivity to data utilizing Best Practice designs and schemes.
• Installed and configured DS Storage manager and Command line Interface CLI to manage IBM Storage .Configured the installed disk drive as RAID array. Assigned Arrays to Rank and then Extent-pool. Create Volume groups and select the host attachment for the volume groups.
• Install and configure IBM ProtecTier VTL.
• Assisted the initial cabling and setup of the new CX4-480 array in the secondary data center.
• Migrating data from an EMC Celerra array to a VNX Platform using Celerra replicator.
• Symmetrix Lun allocation for various operating systems.
• Migrating severs involving DMX4, VMAX using open replicator, san copy, navicli and power path migration enabler PPME .
• Plan and create ProtecTier repository.
• Implemented EMC Mirror View for migration of application data from CLARiiON CX3-20f to CX4-480 using Synchronous replication for exact byte-for byte, real-time copy of the production data and disaster recovery.
• Constantly maintained application consistency across the data sets to ensure application restartability.
• Installed and managed the TPC to Manage the Capacity Utilization and availability of storage Systems, Manage performance and connectivity from the host Filesystems to the Physical disk, including in-depth
• Install and configure IBM SDD PCM and EMC Power Path multipath drivers.
• Install and configure IBM ProtecTier VTL.
• Plan and create ProtecTier repository.
• Install, configure and upgrade ProtecTier manager GUI
• Ensured that data and systems were available with minimal disruption.
• Created and managed additional raid groups, storage groups, Meta volumes, LUN binding along with performance management and monitoring in CX 3-20f using Navisphere Manager and CX4-480 using Unisphere.
• Managed the Cisco SAN in the environment and created new zones when needed and took care of the activation of the zone-sets using Cisco Device Manager.
• Periodically ran SP collects on both the new array which were vital pieces of data to when troubleshooting a disk array.
• Documented configurations and procedures step-by-step that would be transitioned to the support group on the client's site.
• Created runbooks with all the migration steps for their reference which could be used in the setup and supervision of the environment in the future.
• Opened support cases with the EMC Customer Support Center, managing new SAN installations and servicing of all the EMC hardware equipment in conjunction with the EMC Support team and the local service team.
• Conducted knowledge transfer on the EMC hardware architecture and software, their uses and features.
• Day to day task for the remote copy via RPA and SRDF for business critical application
• Trained their IT staff in carrying out day-to-day allocations of their storage, troubleshooting and fabric management of the Cisco SAN.
• Provided them with the documents useful when managing the environment using Navisphere Manager and Unisphere.
• Trained their staff in setting up Service requests for EMC support for any service needed online or on-site.

Confidential

Storage Administrator

• Storage refresh lead the responsibility for migrating over 300 servers involving DMX 3000, DMX 4/3, CX 700/600 to VMAX 6 ENGINE and CX4 using SanCopy, SRDF and Open Replicator. Assisted DBAs with Oracle ASM migration.
• Fabric Migration involved in a non-disruptive fabric Consolidation of over 2200 switch ports involving Brocade and McData switches to Cisco MDS 9513s. Assisted the SA with the storage configuration after the fabric migration.
• Used SanCopy to migrate over 15TB of data off CX700/600 on to VNX-5700 and VMAX.
• Performed the planning and end to end implementation of 30TB data migration from Old Symmetrix 8530 Frames to VMAX Frame using Open Replicator
• Scripted a SanCopy process to refresh database daily from CX380 to CX -480. Used incremental SanCopy, K-Shell and batch, NaviCLI .Worked as on call in supporting all these daily jobs.
• Established connectivity by zoning and Assigned gate keepers of new VMAX to different Management servers using Symmetrix Management Console and Brocade DCFM.
• Planned and Installed ECC 6.1. Performed testing, documented the installation and offered KT to the off shore team.
• Used ECC extensively for end to end administration of the environment. Which also included Storage Scope reporting and Performance Manager/Work Load Analyzer WLA to improve asset utilization and performance to provide higher service levels with greater efficiency.
• Installed and configured ECC alerts/agents to monitor for Symmetrix, Clariion, Switches hosts and attached management policies to include Email/Console notifications.
• Successfully did set up the Remote Replication between two Celerras and tested DR for CIFS environment. Scheduled Snapshots on different file systems to avoid data corruption and enabled data deduplication on file systems to conserve space.
• Implemented Recover Point and created Consistency groups for devices and successfully replicated data to the DR site.
• Planned and updated RPA'S to the latest version 3.4 and comprehensively trouble shooted issues pertaining to CLARiiON, Celerra and Recover Point.
• Pull SP collects of storage processor of a CLARiiON using Navisphere Manager
• Analyzing the performance of Symmetrix using Symmetrix Performance Analyzer.

Confidential

Storage Consultant

• Implemented EMC Open Replicator for data migration from Symmetrix DMX 3000 storage array to VMAX storage array.
• Implemented FAST VP Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools which resulted in a high increase in the performance and a considerable decrease in the TCO by 10 .
• Planned and Implemented Disaster Recovery setup between VMAX and DMX-4 950 using SRDF/Asynchronous successfully and tested DR once in every 6 months.
• Configured point-in-time PIT BCV mirror copies/clones of production data to provision them to backup hosts and provided current access using EMC TimeFinder local SAN storage replication solution on VMAX.
• Performed consolidation of existing storage by migrating data from CLARiiON CX 700 to higher capacity and improved throughput using VNX 7500 using SAN Copy replication solution.
• Implemented DR setup from CX 3-40 to VNX 7500 using EMC RecoverPoint and implemented CRR protection for the exchange luns while using CLARiiON splitter, both in Windows and VMware ESX servers. Tested the volumes for failover applications after attaching RPAs to clusters, creating journal volumes and establishing the sync.
• Created point-in-time copies of LUN's using SnapView snapshots and clones on VNX 7500.
• Implemented data migration techniques like Open Migrator and PowerPath Migration Enabler PPME for Host Based Migration.
• Implemented Windows in-built replication technique Robocopy for replicating data among directories.
• Implemented Thin provisioning on the arrays using SMC to reduce cost and improve the capacity of utilization.
• Performed Commissioning/decommissioning storage on the available Symmetrix/VNX/CLARiiON arrays to all the hosts with multiple operating systems using Unisphere, Navisphere Manager, SMC and Solutions enabler and carry out the necessary infrastructure maintenance and participate in troubleshooting when applicable.
• Implemented VERITAS Volume Manager for grouping the physical disks into logical volumes in order to improve disk utilization.
• Experienced in SAN expansion and SAN migration from old switches to director class switches.
• Configured and administered fiber channel switches like Brocade DS-24000B using DCFM and Cisco MDS 9506 using Fabric Manager.
• Created, added and deleted aliases, zones, and activating zone sets on Cisco switches.
• Configured PowerPath in order to enhance performance and improve data availability by integrating multiple path I/O capabilities, implementing automatic load balancing and path failover functions.
• Experience in capacity planning and generating reports using ECC Storage Scope.
• Managed reporting, alerting and monitoring of the overall SAN/NAS environment using APTARE StorageConsole to increase the storage efficiency and utilization, and decrease the TCO.
• Monitored performance, located bottlenecks and brought about improved host based performance using ECC Performance Manager, Navisphere Analyzer and Symmetrix Performance Analyzer SPA .
• Documented configurations and procedures that will be transitioned to the support group.
• Assisted Network systems group with server assessments, upgrades, troubleshooting, backups and deployment including disaster recovery.
• Supported the environment on a 24x7 basis with weekly on-call support for storage provisioning, host support and troubleshooting apart from planning for migration and replication and extensive knowledge transfer.