Profile:

A professionally qualified, versatile person with good knowledge and skills in various fields of System/Storage environment, holding almost 5 Years of IT Industry experience which include Storage area networks(SAN), Backup and Disaster recovery. Proven experience in using SYMCLI, SMC, NavisecCLI, Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Manager and HP 3PAR IMC 4.2.1, CLI 2.3.1/3.1.1.

Professional Summary:

• Experience in administering and maintaining EMC Symmetrix DMX-3, DMX-4, V-MAX 10k/20k/40k and Clariion CX-3, CX4, VNX Series.
• Experience in managing Symmetrix arrays using SymCLI, SMC, ECC, and Unisphere Manager for VMAX, NavisecCLI, Navisphere Manager, and Unisphere Manager.
• Experience in administering and maintaining HP-3PARF200, F400, S400/T400, S400/T800 V400/V800 and EVA P6300.
• Installation and maintenance of 3PAR Inform Management Console, Inform management CLI and Host Explorer agent.
• Experience in implementing Virtual/Thin Provisioning on DMX-4/VMAX by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to the pool, using SymCLI, SMC and Unisphere.
• Experience in creating Common Provisioned Groups(CPG), Virtual Volumes(VV), creating Hosts, exporting Virtual Volumes to Host, creating Virtual Domains, Domain object and managing Domain objects in HP-3PAR.
• Strong knowledge about HP 3PAR Thin Technologies for space management and Autonomic groups (VVSet and HOSTSet).
• Well experienced in data migration using Array based tools such as FLM, Open Replicator, SRDF and SanCopy.
• Very good knowledge and hands on experience in implementing TimeFinder operations like BCV/Clone/Snaps for Symmetrix and using SnapView Clone/Snapshot for Clariions and to provide a copy of production for decision making, testing for the new upgrades, backups without disturbing the production.
• Proficient in implementing Virtual Copy to create snapshots of physical/virtual data copy and Remote Copy to allow mirroring data between two remote arrays in HP-3PAR for disaster recovery.
• Data Migration using HP 3PAR Peer Motion from F/S/T class to V400/V800 and migrated data using MPX200 from old arrays to P10000.
• Implementation skills of RM 5.4 for Local & Remote replication in Symmetrix and Clariion.
• Good knowledge and hands on experience in implementing the Disaster Recovery solution using SRDF/S and SRDF/A for DMX/V-MAX, MirrorView for Clariion.
• Experienced in implementing non-disruptive array based data migration from DMX to VMAX using FLM which was done using SYMCLI.
• Implementation skills of Federated Tiered Storage allowing external storage arraysto be used as back-end disks (eDisks) for VMAX 40k/20k arrays.
• Hands on experience in administering CIFS and NFS in VNX.
• Experienced in implementing FAST-DP and FAST-VP in VMAX 20k/10k and FAST in VNX and Clariion arrays running with FLARE 30 and also configuring Fast Cache on VNX and CX4.
• Good experience in performance monitoring using SPA in VMAX.
• Installed and configured Microsoft iSCSI initiators.
• Experienced in installation, configuring and managing EMC PowerPath for path failover, load balancing, path management and automatic I/O failure detection.
• Good working knowledge on SAN management to support all kinds of operating systems - AIX, HP-UX, SUN Solaris, Linux, VMWare and Windows 2k3/2k8.
• Deployed, configured and maintained SAN Directors and Switches using Fabric Manager/Device Manager, CISCO CLI for CISCO, Webtools, DCFM, Brocade CLI for Brocade.
• As a Storage Admin got hands on experience in storage allocation, mapping, masking, creating meta devices and zoning.
• Very good at preparing the documents and sharing the knowledge within the group to make the environment run smooth.
• Very Good verbal as well as written communication skills to work with all the people involved in the project (Application users, System Administrators, DBA and PM).

Technical Skills

High End Disk Systems:

• Symmetrix VMAX 40k, 20k, 10k, DMX-4, DMX-3, DMX-2
• CLARiiON CX-3, CX-4, VNX5500/5700/7500
• HP- 3PAR arrays : F200, F400, S400/T400, S800/T800, V400,V800
• HP- EVA P4000,P6300,P6400,P6500,P8400

Switches:

• Brocade - DCX/48K/6510/5300/5100/4900/4100
• MDS Cisco - 9513/9509/9506/9216

SAN/Storage Management:

• SYMCLI 7.x/6.x, SMC 7.x/6.x, ECC 6.x, NAVISECCLI, Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Manager, , DCFM, BrocadeCLI, WebTools, CiscoCLI, Fabric/Device Manager, TimeFinder BCV/Clone/Snap, Replication Manager 5.x, Open Replicator, Recoverpoint, SnapView Clone/Snapshot, SanCopy, MirrorView, HP 3PAR IMC 4.2.1,CLI 2.3.1/3.1.1 , HP 3PAR System Reporter 2.9

Operating systems:

• AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1, Solaris 9/10, Redhat Linux ES4/ES5, HP 11.x and Windows 2k3/2k8, VMware vSphere 4.x/5.x, Ubuntu LTS 10.04/11.04.

Volume Manager:

• AIX/HP/Linux Logical Volume Manager, SUN Volume Manger and VERITAS Volume Manager

Data Protection:

• Symmetrix TimeFinder Clone/Snap, SRDF/A, SRDF/S, SRDF/Star,
• VNX Snapview Clone/Snap for Block Level, SnapSure for File Level,
• HP 3PAR Virtual Copy, Remote Copy (Synchronous and Asynchronous Periodic)

Migration Methods:

• Federated Live Migration, Open Replicator, SRDF, SanCopy, HP 3PAR Peer Motion, MPX200.

Certifications:

• EMC Proven Professional, Information Storage Associate, Version 2, EMCISA
• EMC Proven Professional, Implementation Engineer, Symmetrix Solutions Specialist, EMCIE,Version 6.0
• EMC Proven Professional, Implementation Engineer, VNX Solutions Specialist, EMCIE, Version 7.0
• HP ExpertONE, Designing and Implementing HP Cloud Solutions using HP 3PAR
• Cisco Certified Network Associate, CCNA

Experience:

Confidential
Sr. SAN/Storage Administrator IL July 2011 - Present

Environment:

EMC Arrays: Symmetrix VMAX 20k/10k, DMX-4/DMX-3, Clariion CX-3, CX4, VNX 5500/5700/7500.
Switches: Cisco MDS 9513 Brocade DCX, 48K
Operating Systems: AIX - 6.1/5.3, Solaris 10, Win 2k8/2k3, HP-UX - 11i.x, RedHat ES5/ES4, VMWARE, VSphere 4.x/5.x.
Software: SYMCLI 7.x/3.x, SMC7.x, NavisecCLI, Navisphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, Brocade CLI, Cisco CLI, FabricManager, TimeFinder Clones, SRDF/A, Open Replicator, Open Migrator, FLM, PPME Host Copy, SAN Copy.

Responsibilities:

• Experience with storage provisioning on Symmetrix VMAX 20k/10k, DMX-4, DMX-3 using SYMCLI 7.x, SMC 7.x & on CLARiiON CX4-960, CX4-480, CX3-80 storage arrays using Navisphere 6.x, NavisecCLI and VNX 5700/7500 using Unisphere Manager.
• Allocated storage using Auto Provisioning in VMAX by creating storage group, initiator group, port group and creating masking views using SymCLI 7.x for Windows, Solaris, Linux and HP-UX , AIX and VMWARE servers.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX 20k/10k arrays to hosts by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to the pool, using SymCLI.
• Implemented FAST for moving/swapping complete devices across different tiers, also FAST VP to automate the process of identification of thin device extents and reallocating application data across different performance tiers within an array in virtual provisioned environments.
• Migrated data from DMX/CX arrays to VMAX 20k using Open Replicator, Open Migrator and PowerPath Migration Enabler (PPME) & also migrated data from CX3-80 to CX4-960 using SAN Copy.
• Installed and configured RM 5.4 and implemented point-in-time full copy local replication using TimeFinder Clones in Symmetrix and SnapView Clones in VNX
• Implemented SRDF/A for production systems, which included creation of dynamic RA groups, RDF devices, enabling SRDF/A for the group of devices. Addition and removal of devices from the device group when needed by disabling SRDF/A and re-enabled the session.
• Performed server remediation prior to migration by collecting "grab" reports from servers and based on report generated by Host Environment Analysis Tool (HEAT).
• Allocated and Provisioned storage from Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 arrays to Windows, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX servers, also from VNX 5700/7500 to UNIX/Windowsservers.
• Worked in a heterogeneous server environment, including WINDOWS, LINUX, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and VMware and hence gained extensive practical experience in performing disk alignment for same.
• Experienced and profound knowledge in configuring & managing CIFS servers and shares.
• Created NFS file systems and implemented NFS export to various clients with required permissions.
• Responsibilities also included registering hosts, creating RAID groups, binding LUNs, and adding luns to Storage groups using Navisphere manger/Navicli for various UNIX and Windows hosts.
• Managed fabrics using tools Brocade CLI, WebTools, DCFM and also Cisco CLI and Fabric Manager & Device Manager to create zones, zoneset and activated them.
• Administered SAN environment comprising of Brocade 48K Directors, Cisco MDS 9513, 9509 and 9506 connected to Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 and Clariion CX3-40/80, CX4-480/960, VNX 5500/5700/7500 and Monitoring alerts using EMC Unisphere.

Confidential
SAN Storage Administrator Herndon, VA Jan'2011 - June'2011

Environment:

HP-3PAR & EMC Arrays: HP-3PAR: F200, T400. HP-EVA: P6300/4000. Symmetrix: VMAX 20k/10k, DMX-4/DMX-3. VNX: 7500/5700
Switches: Cisco MDS 9513 Brocade DCX, 48k, 5100/5300/6510
Operating Systems: AIX - 6.1/5.3, SUN Solaris 10, Win 2k8/2k3, HP-UX - 11i, RedHat ES4.x/ES5.x, VMWARE, VSphere 4.x/5.x.
Software: SYMCLI 6.x/7.x, SMC7.x,NavisecCLI, Navisphere Manager, Unisphere Manager, Replication Manager 5.2, HP 3PAR IMC 4.2.1,CLI 2.3.1, HP 3PAR System Reporter 2.9 , MPX manager, HP P6000 Command View, HP Insight Control, HP Store One, Device/Fabric manager 4.x/5.x, Brocade CLI, Webtools and DCFM, CiscoCLI.

Responsibilities:

• Experience in management of storage allocation, management monitoring on the SAN Environment which included Symmetrix, Clariion and HP-3PAR.
• Storage allocation on to Windows 2k8/2k3, Solaris 10, AIX 6.x, RED HAT 5.x/6.x using SYMCLI, SMC, NavisecCLI, Unisphere and Navisphere for Symmetrix and Clariion and using IMC and CLI for HP-3PAR.
• Experience in using Auto provisioning technology of VMAX for storage allocation to various hosts.
• Configured and managed CIFS Servers and Shares.
• Implemented SnapView Snapshot, SnapView Clones at Block level and Snapsure at File level in VNX.
• Installing 3PAR Inform Management Console, Inform management CLI and Host Explorer.
• Worked on Creating Virtual Volumes, Common Provisioned Groups (CPG), creating Hosts, exporting VVs to Host, to create Virtual LUNS.
• Obtained strong knowledge about HP 3PAR Thin Technologies for space management.
• Implementing Dynamic Optimization by moving data between CPG's using both IMC and CLI.
• Implementing Adaptive optimization to improve the performance by moving the data at sub-LUN level.
• Good knowledge of Autonomic groups to create VVSet & Hostset, for provisioning storage.
• Creating virtual copy snapshots using IMC and CLI.
• Data Migration using HP 3PAR peer motion from F/S/T class to V400/V800.
• Worked on Replication Manager for data Backups.
• Performed server remediation prior to migration by collecting "grab" reports from servers and based on report generated by Host Environment Analysis Tool (HEAT).
• Prepared proper Documentation for all the SAN Switches and Storage Systems, prior to the data migration by discussing with the storage team.
• Creating Virtual Domains, Domain object and managing Domain objects.
• Creating system Reports using system Reporter 2.9 and implementing various policies for Adaptive Optimization.
• Data migration in Symmetrix environment using Open Replicator, Open Migrator and SAN Copy.
• Adept in configuring and maintaining file storage and network retrieval infrastructure which includes Ethernet channel, Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), Fail Safe Network (FSN) and mastered in creating devices and interfaces.
• Implemented Zoning on Brocade & Cisco fabrics and troubleshooting SAN connectivity issues.
• Managed fabrics using tools Brocade CLI, WebTools, DCFM and also Cisco CLI and Fabric Manager & Device Manager to create zones, zoneset and activated them.

Confidential
SAN Storage Consultant Hopewell,NJ July'09 - Dec'2010

Environment:

EMC Arrays: Symmetrix VMAX 20k, DMX-4, DMX2000, DMX3000, Clariion CX4-480, 960.
Switches: Cisco MDS 9513, 9120 Brocade DCX, 48K, 4100
Operating Systems: AIX - 5.3/6.x, SUN Solaris 10/9, Win 2k8/2k3, HP-UX 11i.x.
Software: SYMCLI6.x/7.x, SMC7.0, ECC 6.X, NAVISECCLI, NAVISPHERE, TimeFinder, SRDF/A, SnapView, Open Replicator, Replication Manager, DCFM,
Webtools, Cisco CLI, Device Manager, Fabric Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Experience in using Auto provisioning technology of VMAX for storage allocation to various hosts.
• Allocated Storage using ECC, SymCLI, Navisphere Manager and NaviSecCLI for Open Systems from Symmetrix DMX3000 / DMX-4 and Clariion CX3-40.
• Used Virtual Provisioning technology of VMAX for efficient utilization of storage on the array.
• Provided the copies of production data for testing and decision making (patch testing and new upgrades) by configuring BCV and clone using TimeFinder Business Continuity.
• Implemented SRDF/A for Disaster Recovery Solutions from DMX-4 to VMAX at Remote site, including creation of dynamic RA groups, dynamic RDF pairs and device groups.
• Implemented and tested Disaster Recovery using MirrorView/S between CX4-480 at local and CX4-480 at remote site.
• Migrated data from DMX2000/DMX3000 to DMX-4 (related to some of the servers, windows Clusters) using Open Replicator (symrcopy) with little interference of host applications and business operations.
• Migrated data from CX3-40 to Symmetrix array VMAX using Open Replicator.
• Involved in configuration and installation of ECC 6.0 infrastructure along with agents, Planned and Implemented various Agent upgrades, upgraded all agents (including the Master Agents).
• Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX/Solaris/HP/Windows Operating Systems to provide the fault tolerant and good performance by dynamic load balance.
• Also have knowledge related to LVM operation, i.e. creating volume groups, logical volumes, imports and exports during open migration sessions. Grouped physical disks into logical volumes dynamically sized and resized volumes to fit in the application.
• Day to day jobs include storage allocation, zoning, mapping and masking including troubleshooting, monitoring and reporting on the SAN environment.
• Configured and managed fabrics using Brocade CLI, WebTools, Cisco CLI, Fabric Manager and ECC.
• Troubleshooting routine critical issues including server throughput, port availability, zone requirements, PowerPath issues, host issues (host is unable to see storage) & performance issues.

Confidential
Storage & System Administrator Hyderabad-India Sept'08 - June'09

Environment:

EMC Arrays: DMX-3 and DMX-2 (3000/2000), CX3-80.
Switches: MDS Cisco 9513,9509 Brocade 48k, 3900
Operating Systems: AIX - 5.3/6.x , HP-UX 11i.x , Win 2k3
Software: SYMCLI, ECC 6.x, NAVISECCLI, NAVISPHERE Manager
Webtools, Cisco CLI, Device Manager, Fabric Manager
Time Finder, SRDF/ AR, Open Replicator, Open Migrator.

Responsibilities:

• Allocated Storage using ECC and SymCLI for Open Systems storage environment from Symmetrix DMX3000, DMX-3.
• Created RAID Groups, bind LUNs, and created Storage Groups using Navisphere Manager on CX3-80 and CX-700 arrays and provisioned storage to Unix, AIX servers.
• Based on the EMC requirement, updated the drivers (HBA etc)/patches (Operating System) on all systems involved in the data migration.
• Performed different kinds of migration methods (Array based - Open Replicator and Host based - Open Migrator) based on the application/system availability and moved the data from DMX2000 and DMX3000 to DMX-3.
• Setup the "Delta Mark" as per the EMC best practice guide lines to collect the data changes occurring during the busy hours.
• Created the Device groups and populated the devices (STDs,BCV/R1) and exported those groups to the remote side to use in case of a disaster.
• Responsible to setup the Zones between the hosts, DMX3000/2000 and new DMX-3 Symmetrix using Brocade WEBTools, and Cisco Fabric Manager.
• Implemented and managed the Backup and Recovery environment utilizing TimeFinder/BCV and TimeFinder/Clone.
• Prepared the configuration and troubleshooting guides to maintain/run the environment smoothly and transferred the knowledge to the customer personal responsible to maintain the environment.
• Implemented SAN expansion by joining the new switch to the existing fabric or merging two fabrics with minimal or no disturbance to the production.
• PowerPath software installation, configuration and administration on UNIX and Windows servers.
• Troubleshooting day to day performance issues and resolving them using Performance Manager, identified unused Storage Scope reporting and actively resolved the capacity allocation issues.

Confidential
System Administrator Delhi - India Oct'07 - Aug'08

Environment:

Operating Systems: RHEL 4.x, SUN Solaris 9/10, HP-UX11i.x, Win 2k3
Hardware: Sun 450, 220R, 4500, Compaq X86 servers
Software: Veritas Volume Manager, Disk suite, DNS, NFS, SQL

Responsibilities:

• Hands on experience in the system installation, configuration and OS administration.
• Implemented and administered LVM, Veritas volume manager and Disk suite.
• Experience in installing the Veritas Netbackup agents on the clients for Backup and restore.
• Configured and maintained NFS, NIS and DNS for sharing the file systems and the name resolutions.
• Installation, configuration and trouble shooting of SUN enterprise servers, work stations and storage systems.
• Installation, adding and replacement of disks, cards and maintenance of SUN/HP-UX systems
• User Account management using admin tool.
• Disk mirroring and RAID implementation using Solstice Disc Suite.
• Looking into Database Bottlenecks like hot data files, indexes. Finding the best method to alleviate the problem and helping the client to either reallocate the files to new set of disks.
• Installation of applications and the middleware software.
• Provide normal SysAdmin support (login creations and solving the day to day problems) to client for all the Sun/HP systems.
• Using vmstat, iostat and netstat to determine the system and network health.
• Diagnosed technical issues involving Windows 2k3, MS Office applications, ensuring proper network connectivity and better system performance.
• Administered NT login accounts, created login accounts by giving privileges to each and every user.
• Installations of MS-SQL database servers on Windows 2k3 Advanced Servers and also accessed databases for inventory use on all the data.
• Troubleshooting and organizing tasks using Remote Desktop support.
• Hardware and software applications installation and upgrading servers with latest software's and service packs.
• Management of disk space and resources by adding and removing peripherals.