PROFILE SUMMARY

• Extensive experience inimplementing,administratingandmaintainingofSAN storageenvironment havingEMC VPLEX, VMAX,DMX,VNXandCLARiiONfamilyofarrays.
• Experience in encapsulation process on VPLEX environment.
• Experience inimplementingMigrationsolution using VPLEX device and extent migration, Open Replicator,SAN Copy,SRDF,and HostLevel migrationlike PPME, Open MigratorandLVM Mirroring.
• Experience inimplementingBusiness Continuitysolution and Local &Remote Replicationusing
• Time Finder, SnapView,SRDFandMirrorView.
• Good skillsin implementingDisaster Recoverysolutions usingRecoveryPointandMirrorView.
• Well versed in using GUI management tools likeSMC,EMCIONIXControlCenter(ECC), Unisphere,
• Navisphere and VPLEX Console.
• Experience with Celerra CIFS including configuring CIFS shares and replicating the shares using IP Replicator.
• Expertin usingcommand lineinterfacessuch asSolutions Enabler(SYMCLI), VPLEXCLI andNaviCLI.
• Experience with SAN performance andreporting toolslikePerformance AnalyzerandStorage Scope
• Manager.
• Workedwith host - basedsoftwarelikePowerPath, GrabUtilityand Host qualification process.
• Goodknowledge of usingReplicationManagerto administerandmanagestorage arrays.
• Experience inimplementingtieredSANsolutionsusingFASTandVirtual ProvisioningonSymmetrix, VNXandCLARiiON arrays.
• Good understandingofinstallation, configurationand management ofCISCO, BrocadeandMcData
• Switchesand maintainingvendor fabrics.
• Good understandingofdatabaseapplications usingOracleandSAPand theirstoragerequirement.
• Well versedwithVMwareinstallation, infrastructure design andimplementation.
• Teamplayerwith excellent technical andcommunication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Hardware: VMAX,VNX, DMX-2/DMX-3/DMX-4, CLARiiONCXSeries, RPAs, Cisco,Brocadeand McDataswitches,Dell PowerEdge (1850/2950),WinTelmachines,UnixWorkstation, HPWorkstations.

Storage Software: ECC 5.2/6.0/6.1,SMC,SYMCLI6.x/7.x,Unisphere, NavisphereManager/NAVICLI, SRDF, Time Finder, MirrorView, Snapview, San Copy, Open Replicator,OpenMigrator,Recover Point,Cisco CLI/FabricManager/Device Manager, Power Path, Replication

Manager.: OperatingSystem

Scripting: C, Java,Html, JavaScript,C#,VB

OtherStorageTools: VeritasVolumeManager (VxVM),Logical VolumeManager(LVM),SunVolumeManager(SVM),SolsticeDiskSuite, VERITAS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

SAN/Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and configure fiber-based CoreEdge/Mesh SAN tape and disk environments consisting of IBM tape libraries and tape devices, SUN/STK tape devices as well as Cisco/McData/Brocade switch/director infrastructure.
• Worked on provisioning, troubleshooting, and administering storage hardware forSymmetrix, VMAX, Clariion, HNAS, Enterprise Disk Library (EDL), Celerra, and Centera, IBM XIV and DS8000 arrays.
• Used SANtools server to effectively create scripted Jobs for thin/thick provisioning and used VI Editor for corrections to any errors in the scripts.
• Extensively worked on provisioning existing storage to different clusters for AIX/ESX host based migrations on VMAX, DMX, Clariion and XIV.
• Worked on HNAS, Celerra NASfor creating NFS/CIFS shares, quotas, storage pools/data moverand Symantec Netbackup and SAN-based and IP-based backup solutions.
• UsedSAN management tools including EMC Control Center, Connectrix (ECFM), Time Finder, SymmetrixRemote Data Facility (SRDF), Performance Manager, Storage Scope, Symcli, and NetApp (Onaro) SANscreen.
• Worked on SAN deployments and decommissions to single, clustered and virtual hosts
• Lead, conduct, and coordinate the analysis, planning, and implementation of systems software/hardware.

Environment: VMAX (1, 20k, 10k, 40k), Clariion (Cx700, Cx3,Cx4), DMX (3,4), XIV Gen3, Celerra NSX(NS80), Hitachi HNAS SMU, Brocade switches, CMCNEConnectrix Manager, NetappSANScreen, ECC, SMC,Unisphere, NaviCLI,SYMCLI, Storage Scope, Power Path, SRDF, IBM FASt Controller, SANtools.

Confidential, Clarion, PA

Storage Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Complete racking of a New SAN environment with VNX 2 (VNX 5400), UCS 5108 Chassis with B200 M3 blade servers, Fabric Extenders 2208XP and Fabric Interconnects 6248UP, and Cisco MDS 9148 FC switches.
• Cabling and Initial configuration of the VNX, UCS and MDS.
• Worked on preparing a project plan in meeting all the requirements efficiently.
• Configured ESRS IP Client, Fast VP, thin pools on VNX using Unisphere management tool.
• Used CLI for initial setup of the MDS switches and Fabric Manager tool for monitoring and managing the fabrics.
• Also used CLI for the initial setup of the Fabric Interconnects and configured a floating IP between the primary and the secondary.
• Discovered the Chassis and the Blade servers by making a 4link connection between the Fabric Interconnects and the Extenders.
• Created Service Profiles from Service profile templates using the Cisco UCS Manager tool.
• Installed VMWareESXi on the blade servers and monitored using the KVM Console.
• Provisoned VNX data stores to the existing Dell hosts and added UCS blades to the Cluster.
• Troubleshoot and fix to all existing network and vlan issues.
• Migrated datastores by SVMotioning to the provisioned VNX luns.
• Migrated all the virtual machines to the blades on the UCS and balanced the vNICs evenly across both interconnects.
• Enabled vSphere HA and DRS for all the blades in the cluster.
• Prepared a step-by-step documentation for future maintenance.

Environment EMC VNX 2 Series (5400), Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis, FEX 2208 XP, FI 6248UP, B200 M3 Blades, Cisco MDS 9148, Cisco Network Catalyst 3750X, Dell 2816, EMC AX4, Dell Poweredge, Unisphere, UCS Manager 2.13(a), Device Manager, Fabric Manager, VMWare.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Storage Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Have strong knowledge and experience on VPLEX Metro environment.
• Used VPLEX Console and VPLEX CLI extensively for working on VPLEX.
• Worked on encapsulation process of the volumes on VPLEX.
• Used device and extent migration processes for migration of server from DMX to VMAX.
• Created distributed devices and consistency groups for mirroring purpose on VPLEX.
• Have strong knowledge on witness, detach rule set, setting up of attribute, VPLEX zoning etc.,
• Responsibleforprovisioning storage to different server on dailybasisusingUnispheremanagement tool and SYMCLI.
• Createdthin poolsfor thin provisioningthe storagefrom VMAXarray.
• Created storage groups, port group, initiator groups and masking views on VMAX for provisioning and replication purposes.
• Worked extensively on windows 2003 and 2008 servers.
• ConfiguredandimplementedFAST/VPonVMAX.
• Installed and upgraded EMC Power Path on various servers.
• Managed EMC Power Path solutionforpathfailovers, load balancing, pathmanagementand automaticI/O failuredetections.
• Migrated data from DMX to VMAX using Open Replicator Hot Push.
• Used power path migration tool for host based migrations.
• Migrated data from NS480 to VMAX using SAN Copy incremental push.
• Analyzed the performance of the arrays using the performance analyzer data.
• Worked on Brocade switches for zoning purposes.
• Createdstorage poolsandprovisionedblock storageon NS480.
• Created snaps using Replication manager.

Environment VMAX,ClariionCX4-480,DMX, VPLEX Metro, ECC, SMC,Unisphere, NaviCLI,SYMCLI, VPLEXCLI,Snap View, Power Path,SRDF,Storage Scope,PerformanceManager, Time Finder,SAN Copy,Open Replicator, Replication manager, VMWare, Brocade Switches.

Confidential, Newton, PA

SAN/StorageAdministrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing VPLEX/VNX/VMAX/Clariion/DMXarraysondailybasisusing ECC/SMC/Unispheremanagement tools per EMC Best practices.
• Experience working in VPLEX (Local/Metro) environment.
• Responsible for provisioning luns for servers from VPLEX using VMAX/VNX as back-end arrays.
• Involved in migrating luns from Vmax to Vplex by encapsulating the production luns and using data mobility for the migration process.
• Involved in supporting Unix/Windows LVM(export/import VG’s) as part of the migration process.
• Configured/Administered and responsible for daily basis operations of Recover Point (CDP/CRR) supporting Oracle/SQL applications by creating consistency groups/journals and performing DR testing’s.
• Createdstorage poolsandprovisionedblock storageonVNX7500.
• CreatedRAIDgroupsand Storagegroups,assignedLUNs toHostsusingUnisphere,ECC/SMC and Navisphere.
• ConfiguredandimplementedFAST/VPandVirtual Pools (VP) onVNXandVMAX.
• Created CIFS shares and migrated shares from physical servers to Celerra CIFS server.
• Managedand monitoredSnap Viewsnapshots/clonesonCLARiiONCXSeries Subsystems.
• Createdthin poolsfor thin provisioningthe storagefrom VMAXarray.
• PerformedMapping,ZoningandMaskingfor CLARiiON/VNX/VMAX in Cisco and Brocade fabric environments.
• CreatedtheTime Finderdiskgroups, establishingand splitting theBusinessContinuance Volume (BCVs) fordifferentpurposes.
• Workedonremotereplication solutions like SRDF/A&SRDF/S.
• Implemented various Businesscontinuity Recovery PointObjective (RPO) &Recovery TimeObjective
• (RTO)strategies asper the missioncritical applications.
• CreatedSAN CopypushsessionsusingNavisphereManagertoperform migrationfromCLARiiONCX4-480toVNX 7500.
• Managed EMC Power Path solutionforpathfailovers, load balancing, pathmanagementand automaticI/O failuredetections.
• Configuring and deployednewswitchesintothefabric.
• Collected thePerformanceManager StatisticsandStorage Scopereportsfordifferent requirements.
• Workedwith problem/ticket management andresolution.
• Migrated DatafromDMX3 toDMX4 usingarraybased (OpenReplicator)andhost basedLVM Migrationdependingonthe requirements.
• CreatedAuto provisioning Groups using SMC and CLI.
• Installedand configuredVMwareESXiin amultihostsshared storageenvironment.
• Documentedtechnical specsand networkdiagramsfortheprojectsworked.

Environment: VMAX,VNX7500, Recover Point, CLARiiONCX4-480,CX3-80, DMX3000,DMX-3, DMX-4,ECC, SMC,Unisphere, Navisphere6.X,NaviCLI,SYMCLI,Snap View, Power Path,SRDF,Brocade Switches, Emulex, QLogicHBAs,Storage Scope,PerformanceManager, Time Finder,SAN Copy,OpenReplicator, VMWare.

Confidential, NJ

SAN Engineer

Responsibilities:

• AllocatedSymmetrixLUNsusingSolutions EnablerCLI commands.
• Installedand configuredSAN with EMC Director Switches/Edge switchesand zoningall Servers.
• UsedReplication Manager to checkconsistency, to createApplication Setsand Job Schedules.
• Maintainedand administered theSRDF sessions.
• Monitored theperformance oftheSymmetrixusing theWorkLoadAnalyzer.
• MigrateddatafromDMX-4andCLARiiONto VMAXusing OpenReplicatorandOpenMigrator.
• InstalledEMC Control Center6.0softwareonWindowsServerand configuringMasterAgents,Host
• AgentsandStorageAgent forSymmetrix.
• Createdreportsforupper managementusingECC Storage Scope.
• Migrateddata acrossData CentersusingSRDFfunctionality.
• UsedPerformance Manager togeneratehistorical reports.
• ProvisionedStoragefromCLARiiON usingNavisphere6.X, Navicli.
• TookSnap Shotsusing Snap Viewfunctionalityof CLARiiONfor theDBA’sand differentgroups.
• Createdmirrordataacross thedifferentCLARiiON using theMirror View.
• Experience installingRecover Pointin CDP/CRR environmentusingarraylevel Splitters usingRecover Point.
• Workedonend-to-enddocumentation of theSAN with Visio diagramsofall SAN Islands.
• WorkedonPerformance Manager, Storage ScopetogeneratereportsofCXArrays.
• Performedbackups, restoration, analyzinglogsandtroubleshootingerror as per day-to-day operation.
• Responsiblefornetworkbackupintegrityandrecoverycoordinationalong with DisasterRecovery planning.
• Troubleshot various SAN problemsandtookcareofFabricManager.

Environment: EMC CLARiiONCX3-40, CX3-20, CX500, DMX-1000,DMX-2000, Navisphere, Solutions EnablerCLI, NaviCLI,SAN Manager, Networker,Snap View,Mirror View,Power Path, SRDF,Time Finder, PerformanceManager,Storage Scope,Recover Point,Emulex,QLogic HBAs,CISCO, McData and Brocadefabricswitches, OpenReplicator, OpenMigrator, ECC.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

SAN/UNIXAdmin

Responsibilities:

• ManagedUnix infrastructureinvolvingmaintenance ofserversandtroubleshooting problemsin environment.
• Providingsystemsupport24/7 production.
• Workedwith VERITAS logical volume managercreatingvolumesandfile systems for various application and databases.
• ManagedBrocade48k,4900,3900,3800Switches& directorsusingFabric managerandBrocade CLI.
• Involvedin implementationofSANfabricexpansionofCisco 9140toCisco 9509 Directors&managed them with Cisco CLI.
• VERITASFile systemandVERITASVolumeManager wereused toconfigure theRAID 1and RAID5 StorageSystems.
• Createdcopies ofproductiondata byconfiguringclonesfromtheproductiondatausingTime Finder
• BusinessContinuityusedfor testing,developmentandforbackups.
• IdentifyunusedstorageusingStorage Scopereportingandactivelyresolved thecapacityallocation issues.
• ZonednewserverHBAsand storage portsusingECC and removedhangingzonesfrom theactive configurationasreferredbySAN health report.
• UsedECC,SymCLI,andNavisphereManagertoprovision thestorageonEMC Symmetrixand Clariion arrays.
• Involvedin implementationofReal timeSitetoSite DR solutionusingEMC SRDF.
• ManagedSAN directors,Zone, mapandmaskLUNfromarraysto serverswhile maintainingahighly available redundantarchitectureleveraging multiplefabricsandpathredundancy.

Environment EMC DMX-3/DMX-2000, CLARiiONCX600, CX700, CX 3-40,Cisco9509/9140,McData 10K, 6140, Brocade48k,4900/3900/3800, VERITAS VolumeManager, ECC,SymCLI,Navisphere,Fabric Manager, Solaris UNIX,SRDF,Time Finder,ECC

Confidential

SystemAdministrator

Responsibilities:

• ManagedUNIX Infrastructure involvingmaintenanceofseversandtroubleshootingproblemsin environment.
• ProvidingSystemSupportfor24/7 Production,TestandDevelopmentenvironments
• Installation,configurationand administrationofdifferentformsof massstorageincludingSAN(EMC CLARiiON),and DAS.
• Allocation,management, and deployment ofLUNsfrom EMC storageto serversusingEMC
• Navisphere manager.
• Perform capacity planningonSAN andSwitch Fabric (Brocade).
• Workedwith SAN switchesand implementation of soft and hard zoning.
• Workedwith VERITAS Volume Managerfor creatingVolumesandFile Systemsforvarious applications and databases
• Workedwith Logical VolumeManagerfor creatingVolumesandFile Systemsfor HPUX machines.
• WorkedonAdministration toolsSAMin HP-UX.
• Implementedandmonitoredacustom Solaris Jumpstart environment capable ofjumpstartingSolaris systems, providingabaselineconfiguration onallserversandallowingcustomconfigurations.
• InstalledworkstationsthroughFlashinstallation.
• Installedand administered weband app servers (Apache).
• Updated thedatabaseschemaandmaintainedthe database with SQLqueries.
• Document, troubleshooting,performanceanalysis,andissueescalation with vendors

Environment: Solaris, RedHatLinux, CISCOSwitches,LogicalVolumeManager(LVM),VeritasVolumeManager (VxVM).