Professional Summary

• 13+ years of experience in IT industry as Storage Administrator/Network Administrator/System Administrator.
• Expertise in the management of Hitachi Data Storage (HDS) systems like VSP, USP series, USP-V and AMS series.
• Designing and Implementation of NAS s and SAN storage solutions in Windows and UNIX environments.
• Installation and Configuration of Network Appliance Filers.
• Expertise in the management of HDS arrays using Hitachi BOS-V, Device Manager (HDvM), Storage Navigator and Universal volume manager.
• Expertise in implementing real time Disaster Recovery solutions that include Snap view, Mirror View and Hitachi Universal replicator, True copy (TC) and Hitachi SI (shadow image).
• Data migration from EMC to HDS USPV using frame & host based migration, NetApp migration for DC to DC.
• Administration, Troubleshooting and implementation of Brocade, McData and Cisco MDS switches
• Implemented and Configured OnCommand for centralized management of Production and DR filers.
• Adherence to Service Level Agreements ensuring system availability in terms of operating system, databases and hardware. Service level reporting.
• Assist in producing management Information reports and continuous service improvement plans for technical support services to improve quality of service to the business.
• Responsible for provision of disaster recovery capabilities as defined in the SLA.
• Strong technical knowledge of current network protocols and standards, including LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, FC, iSCSI.
• Working experience of system administration of Windows (2000/2003/2008),Windows Cluster, UNIX,RedHat Linux 4.5/4.6/5, Solaris (7/8/9),Active Directory and Exchange Servers 2003/2007
• Experience with Hitachi Virtualization and Tired Storage Manager.

Technical Skills

Hardware

• EMC Symmetrix VMAX,DMX-4, DMX-3,DMX-2, DMX series
• EMC CLARiiON : CX4 ,CX3, CX series,EMC Centera
• Netapp Filers 2040, 2050, 3000 series and 6000 Series
• HDS VSP, USPV /USPVM, USP, AMS1000 and AMS2500
• Brocade, CISCO MDS, McData, FC Switches.
• Emulex and Q-Logic HBAs.
• SUN, Intel, AMD, HP, DELL, IBM (Rack, Blade) and Non Branded Enterprise Servers.

Windows NT4.0, 2000 and 2003, 2008, Linux (Red Hat), SCO UNIX
Storage Software/Tools

• EMC NaviSphere, EMC UniSphere, EMC NaviCli, EMC SymCli, EMC Ionix Control Center, PowerPath, Storage Scope, Work Load Analyzer, Connectrix Manager, Fabric Manager ,Device Manager, LVM,Visual SAN, Filer View, Data Fabric Manager, Storage Manager, Symmetrix Management Console.HDS Storage Navigator- Enterprise, Dynamic Provisioning (HDP), Universal Volume Manager (UVM), Tiered Storage Manager (TSM), Hitachi Virtual Partition Manger (SLPR & CLPR) Volume Migrator(VM), Tuning Manager (HTNM), Performance Monitor, Configuration File Loader (CFL),Device Manager, Device Manager CLI, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager(HDLM),Hitachi Global Link Manager. Hitachi Replication Monitor (HRPM).
• NetApp NMC, SnapManager for Oracle, Exchange, MS-SQL,
• SnapCreator, NetApp Protection, Provisioning and Performance Manager, NetApp SAN Screen, Snap Mirror, Sync Mirror, Data OnCommand
• Snap View ,Mirror View , Time Finder, SRDF, SAN Copy ,Replication Manager, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, Recover Point, ReplicatorX, Celerra Replicator Flex Clone, Snap Drive, SnapMover, SnapMirror, Snap Vault, Snap Manager

Virtual Server
VMWARE ESX Server
GroupWare

• Microsoft Exchange 2003 with Outlook'97, 98, 2000, XP & 2003
• Backup Software: VERITAS NetBackup/ Backup Exec, Knowledge of TSM.
• Tape Libraries: LTO2, LTO3 & LTO4 Drives, DLT Drives.
• Ticketing Tools: ITIL based Remedy, HP Service Manager

Certifications

• NCDA (NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator)
• Hitachi Data Systems Certified professional
• MCSA 2003 ExamMCSE NT 4.0 (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Exam.
• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Exam.
• ITIL v3.0 Certified.

Professional Experience

Confidential, Wilmington, DE March 2011 till Date
Senior Storage Administrator

• Experience working on Hitachi Tuning Manager (HTnM) in generating reports for Hitachi storage arrays.
• Implementation of HUR (Universal Replicator), Shadow Images and setting up P-vol and S-vol devices for site to site replication in HDS VSP storage arrays.
• Day to Day Storage Provisioning. (HDS Enterprise Arrays VSP & USP_V's)
• Handled Data migration from EMC storage to HITACHI USP-V
• Managing Brocade & Cisco SAN to create new zones and adding members to existing zones for host to storage zoning using Brocade's DCFM tool.
• Experience on HDP (Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning) with USPV.
• Documented the USP V infrastructure and LUN mappings
• Configuration and Administration of Volumes, User Quotas, qtrees, home directories for UNIX and Windows.

• Snapshots and Snapmirror configuration and administration.
• Configuration and administration of Snpashots, Snapmirror, Snap Vault, and SNAP drive etc.
• Administration and configuration of VFILERS
• Up-gradation of NetApp Data Ontap OS and NetApp filer's, Disk shelves firmware versions.
• Snapshot technology using SnapCreator tool, and manual CLI/FilerView, Snap Vault to NearStore, Snapmirror for DR purpose from production DC to DRDC.
• Experience with Hitachi Virtualization and Tired Storage Manager.
• Managing filers in a clustered environment.
• Virtualization of Multiple EMC clariion arrays behind Hitachi USP V

Confidential, Sacramento CA June 2009 to Feb 2011
Storage Administrator

• Administration and maintenance of high end storage arrays like EMC CLARiiON CX4-960,CX4-480,CX3-80,CX3-40, Symmetrix VMAX ,DMX-4,DMX-3,DMX 3000, NetApp FAS 6080, 3170,Centera in SAN and NAS Environments.
• Managing Auto Provisioning in VMAX boxes.
• Created and Configured RAID Groups, Storage Groups, Binding Luns, Naming, Resizing, Unbinding Luns through NaviSphere Manager and NaviCLI.
• Created MetaLUN\'s by expanding base LUN\'s using striping and concatenation procedures.
• Provisioned storage from DMX by mapping, masking using Solution enabler SYMCLI.
• Created point-in-time copies of LUN\'s using SnapView snapshots and clones at CLARiiON level.
• Performed various methods of data migration on the CLARiiON using MirrorView/A & SAN Copy, providing the customer with practical methods in transferring large amounts of data to remote locations.
• Performed data migration on Symmetrix using Open Replicator.
• Experience in using LVM for creating Physical Volumes, Volume Groups, Logical Volumes.
• Assigning Logical Volumes to the users by creating and mounting filesystems.
• Moving Volume group to another system and creating Snapshot Volumes.
• Management of SRDF, TimeFinder and creating BCVs as disaster recovery solution.
• Configured EMC ControlCenter for end to end Administration and Management of SAN.
• Configured and administered Fiber Channel Switches like Brocade and Cisco.
• Creating, adding and deleting aliases, zones, and activating zonesets on Cisco switches.
• Installed and configured the Connectrix Manager on different fabrics like Cisco, McData and Brocade on different environment for Zoning, Mapping and lun masking purpose.
• Worked on Cisco MDS 9000 using fabric manager for creating zones sets and device manager for enabling/disabling and testing fabric ports.
• Maintaining EMC units, using EMC PowerPath, Zoning.
• Managing of the Snapshots, Snapmirror and Snapvault technologies.
• Day to Day Storage Provisioning in NAS (Netapp) and SAN (HDS Enterprise Arrays)

Confidential, Ann Arbor, MI Oct 2008 to May 2009
Storage Consultant

• Worked on storage expansion activities in EMC Symmetrix DMX-3, CLARiiON CX4.Activity include Raid group creation, Lun binding, Storage group creation for masking luns
• Installation, Configuration, Licensing & support on EMC PowerPath Software.
• Assigning storage from Symmetrix and CLARiiON arrays to UNIX and Windows systems
• Installed NaviSphere Agent and NaviCLI on all the hosts in CLARiiON environment.
• Creating SAN Copy Sessions using Navisphere Manager to perform migration.
• Setting up Device groups and Perform TimeFinder/Mirror/Clone operations for Backup/Testing
• ECC Snap backup administration - Activity includes Symmetrix device group creation, adding Source Lun and VDEV in Symm Device group, creating snaps, activating snaps, termination and restoration, troubleshooting of Snap backups.
• Involved in Setup of NAS device EMC Celerra NS480
• Performed Celerra administration with creating filesystem quotas, shares, checkpoints .
• Involved in migration from NS120 to NS480
• Performed replications using Celerra Replicator.
• Created Aggregates, Volumes (Traditional, FlexVol and FlexClone), Qtrees and Quotas in NetApp FAS 6040, FAS 3040 and FAS 3020 using FilerView.
• Maintained a healthy NetApp storage by Configuring Vfiler, Qtree, Volume, Aggregates and snapshots using Data ONTAP, FilerView, and DataFabric Manager when required.
• Copied the specified aggregate and its FlexVol volumes to a different aggregate on a new set of disks.Created a FlexClone of the specified volume.
• Performed remote replications using Recover Point.
• Implemented Data Fabric Manager for Administration and Monitoring Tasks.
• Created VLAN's and configured Cisco MDS 9000 series switches.
• Configured zoning on FC Switches using the vendors Fabric Manager for Storage access by multi-vendor
• Configured and administered Fiber Channel Switches like Brocade, McData and Cisco MDS.

• Generate Reports using Storage Scope in ECC.

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO Sep 2007 to Sep 2008
SCC Administrator

• Level 3 server support of the Windows NT/2000/2003 servers in an enterprise environment.
• Administer TSM server environment(s) to monitor and manage enterprise data management processes. Monitor TSM server processes and errors to ensure overall system performance and stability.
• Installed and Configured SMS and MOM servers.
• Exposure to Tandem Systems and knowledge of TACL, FUP, and SCF commands to monitor the server, files, disks, tapes.
• Designed/Implemented a ground up SAN Backup networks with BROCADE Silkworm switch and VeritasNetBackup, primarily for a backup solution.
• Manage Tape Library and tape volumes to ensure sufficient numbers of scratch volumes are available.
• Manage multi-sites uptime and downtime coordination with internal customers, server owners, external support vendors, business partners and system owners.
• Scheduling and planning for server migrations, upgrades as well as Patch rollouts & hot fixes.

Confidential, Singapore Nov 2003 to Aug 2007
Senior System and Network Administrator

• Installing and configuring Windows-2000 Server.
• Maintenance of 3-D modeling software (Micro station J).
• Support Server Backup Software such as Veritas Backup with, Remote and open File Agent.
• Installed and configured red hat Linux. Configured Symantec Anti Virus in Enterprise.
• Remote Desktop installation and troubleshooting such as Terminal Service in Windows 2000, Remote Desktop n Windows XP and Symantec PC Anywhere.
• Taking Bandwidth Reports, Monitoring Web traffic using Watchguard.Supporting network infrastructure consisting of hubs, switches, Cisco Catalyst 1900,2600, 3500 series switches, Cisco routers and firewalls
• Documenting Details of Network Infrastructure (Different equipment)

Confidential, Singapore Nov 2001 to Oct 2003
SeniorSystems Administrator

• Upgraded Windows NT Networks to Windows 2000 including restructuring the domain, upgrading Domain Controllers, Servers, clients and upgrading required Software.
• Installed and administered dedicated SQL Servers, consulting with developers to implement Databases, security schemes, ODBC Data Sources, backup schedules.
• Performing Daily Backup of data using Arc Server on to Tapes.
• Network Monitoring Using Snuffer Distributed Software.
• Help desk involving giving solution to the user for all hardware, network, and software related issues.
• Responsible for testing and evaluating new hardware and software to ensure compliance with Established operational and security requirements.

Confidential, Hyderabad Dec 2000 to Oct 2001
Systems Administrator

• Installed and configured 3Com 24 port Switches.
• Installed Windows NT Servers (PDC, BDC Server) on HP Net server Loc 2000 and HP Net server LC3 Servers.
• Installed Lotus Notes Domino R5 Server.Configured Exchange server, an Outlook Web Access server, 3 file and print servers, RAS servers, and IIS server, and SQL server.
• Installing Solaris, Red Hat Linux operating systems and Configuring hosts as Servers, Mail Servers and Naming Service Servers like DNS, NIS.

Confidential, Hyderabad Sep1998 to Nov 2000
Systems Administrator

• Involved in Configuring 4 XEON Processors, RAID 5 Configured. Compaq proliant 7000 Series Server.Implemented and configured the Windows NT environment.
• Troubleshooting network cards and cables, network printers, hubs, laptop computers, and remote (dial-up) access and operating systems.
• Developed and tested recovery procedures, to ensure full functionality could be readily restored, in case of data loss.