SUMMARY:

• Around 8 Years of IT experience primarily as Storage administrator specializing in Data storage management, Unix, networking in data center and production environments.
• Experience with configuration and administration of EMC Symmetrix VMAX/DMX, Clariion, VNX, Netapp and Celerra.
• Extensive experience on configuring storage devices on Unix machines primarily on Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux and HP-UX Machines.
• Experience with configuration, administration and troubleshooting of SAN environment using SRDF/S, SRDF/A, TimeFinder, SAN Copy, Open Replicator, EMC Control Center, Storage Scope, Performance Manager (WLA), EMC Navisphere Manager, Navisphere Analyzer, Connectrix Manager, Brocade Fabric Manager and Cisco Device/Fabric Manager.
• Expertise in using Storage array management suites such as EMC Control Center (ECC), EMC Navisphere Manager, Filer View as well as command line based storage array managers such as EMC SYMCLI and EMC NAVICLI.
• Excellent experience in Solaris and knowledge of Microsoft, AIX, and Linux platforms as it relates to disk allocation, managing LUN\'s and HBA configuration.
• Proficient in using EMC Connectrix Manager, Brocade Fabric Manager and Cisco Fabric Manager to manage, monitor and configure switches in a SAN.
• Experienced in installing and configuring EMC PowerPath to provide multipath I/O, work load balancing and path failover.
• Experienced in performing storage systems checks, monitor and alert failures within external arrays and SAN fabric components in order to identify and rectify potential hardware failures. Familiar with SANscreen and EMC Control Center.
• Strong experience on troubleshooting day-to-day SAN/Storage and Host related issues.
• Good exposure on implementing host based Volume management on different operating systems Solaris/Linux/HP-UX/AIXfrom storage perspective.
• Experience with troubleshooting issues like path failures, performance using EMC Performance Manager and SPA.
• Involved in creating Aggregates, Volumes, Qtrees and Quotas on NetApp filers.
• Hands on experience in administration and support for NetApp filers, VNX and Celerra.
• Involved in implementing File provisioning and creating NFS Exports and CIFS Shares in VNX, Netapp and Celerra.

Skills Summary:

• SAN Management Solutions:
• Symcli, Navisphere Manager, EMC SMC, EMC Unisphere,Filer View.
• Storage:
• Symmetrix DMX / VMAX, Clariion CX Series, VNX,Netapp Filers, Celerra.
• SAN Connectivity:
• Brocade Director Switches, Cisco switches, Brocade Fabric Manager & Web Tools, Cisco Fabric Manager and Device Manager.
• Replication Software/ Migration tools:
• SRDF, TimeFinder, Open Replicator, Powerpath Migration Enabler (PPME), SAN copy.
• OS:
• Windows 2003 / 2000 / NT, Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, VMware ESX.
• Monitoring/Reporting:
• SANscreen, ECC Performance Manager, SPA, ECC Storage Scope, Navisphere Event Monitor, Navisphere Analyzer ,EMC Prosphere.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, India.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dallas, TX Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for migrating Windows and Linux servers using PPME from old VMAX to new VMAX and also from Clariion to VMAX.
• Responsible for configuring FAST VP on VMAX running microcode 5875.
• Responsible for infrastructure tasks including provisioning storage, connectivity issues, upgrades day-to-day issues and audits.
• Used ECC Performance Manager to analyze performance of the storage arrays present in the environment.
• Responsible for coordinating with the system admins to do the migrations on windows and Linux servers using PPME.
• Configured Soft zoning by creating aliases, zones and configurations on Cisco MDS switches using Cisco/CLI and Fabric Manager.
• Perform striped and concatenated LUN expansions on the VMAX array.
• Identifying and resolving SAN cable and configuration issues.
• Used EMC Prosphere to resolve performance issues from host through storage to ensure consistent service levels.
• Installed EMC PowerPath software that provides multiple I/O path capabilities, load balancing and automatic path failover to ensure high availability and support non-disruptive upgrades.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix VMAX, VNX 5700,VNX 7500,CX3-40,CX4-960,NS 80,NS 960,Cisco MDS 9513, Cisco Device Manager, Cisco Fabric Manager, SymCLI 7.3, SMC, ECC 6.1, SPA, Unisphere Manager, Time Finder Clone, EMC Powerpath, AIX 5.3, VMware, Linux, Windows 2000/2003/2008.

Confidential, Santa Ana, CA June 2011 - June 2012

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Used V-MAX Virtual provisioning by presenting thin devices (tdevs) to the hosts and used Auto provisioning features on the VMAX by creating initiators, storage groups and masking views.
• Responsible for day-to-day provisioning of storage on NetApp Fliers using Filer View and CLI.
• Involved in creating, configuring and managing aggregates, volumes, qtree, quotas, Snapshots, CIFS Shares and NFS exports on the filers.
• Experience in configuring FAST and FAST VP in V-MAX.
• Used ECC Performance Manager to analyze performance of the storage arrays present in the environment.
• Configured EMC Control Center (ECC) console alerts and monitoring thresholds.
• Used SMC and SYMCLI to do storage provisioning on VMAX.
• Used EMC Unisphere to provision LUNS to the hosts on VNX 5300.
• Used Timefinder cloning on many thick and thin LUNS on VMAX.
• Migration of the thin LUNS from one thin pool to another thin pool on the VMAX array.
• Configured Soft zoning by creating aliases, zones and configurations on Cisco MDS switches using Cisco/CLI and Fabric Manager.
• Identifying and resolving SAN cable and configuration issues.
• Generating health reports periodically and take necessary actions required to keep the environment up.
• Installed and upgraded several EMC Tool based softwares Powerpath 5.3, Unisphere Manager, Solutions Enabler 7.3.1, SMC, ECC 6.1 and also Master/Host agent on all servers connected to storage.
• Analyzing existing server's hardware / software version levels to ensure that they are compatible and up-to-date, by running Host Grabs and EMC HEAT Reports and E-lab Navigator.
• Installing and setting up Cisco MDS switches, creating VSANs, Port-channels and troubleshooting SAN Problems on Cisco MDS (Multilayer Data Switches) through Cisco CLI, Fabric Manager.
• Perform striped and concatenated LUN expansions on the VMAX array.
• Administration of VNX 5300,NS 480 NAS Celerra unified system and FAS 2050/3040 including creation of file systems, exporting and mounting CIFS/NFS shares and configuring network interfaces.
• Responsible for Storage to VMware servers, both data stores and RDM's (Raw Device Mappings).
• Used VMware tool Vsphere to scan storage given to VMware ESXi servers and added those disks to the ESXi hosts.
• Used SANscreen to monitor the storage array's in the environment and also used it for capacity management.
• Used SANscreen to get information about what's happening with virtual machines and it's associated storage.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix VMAX, VNX 5300,Netapp FAS 2050,3040,NS 480,Cisco MDS 9513, Cisco Device Manager, Cisco Fabric Manager, Filer view, SymCLI 7.3, SMC, ECC 6.1, SPA, Unisphere Manager, Time Finder Clone, EMC Powerpath, AIX 5.3,HP-UX, VMware, Linux, Windows 2000/2003/2008.

Confidential, Richmond, VA Nov 2010 - May 2011
SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for infrastructure tasks including provisioning storage, connectivity issues, upgrades day-to-day issues and audits.
• Day to day provisioning of storage such as storage device selection/creation, Zoning and LUN Masking.
• Executed data migration from existing DMX to new VMAX storage arrays using EMC\'s Open Replicator software on the SQL cluster servers.
• Used V-MAX Virtual provisioning by presenting thin devices (tdevs) from a shared pool and Auto provisioning features on the VMAX by creating initiators, storage groups and masking views.
• Configured EMC Control Center (ECC) console alerts and monitoring thresholds.
• Responsible for analyzing emcgrabs and Heat reports.
• Monitoring health, utilization and performance of tiered storage infrastructure using ECC Performance Manager.
• Troubleshoot and resolve calls that are assigned to the Infrastructure Systems team within the Remedy Action Request System.
• Administration and maintenance of enterprise SAN that included several Symmetrix V-Max arrays connected to several Windows & UNIX servers in the Data center.
• Created Run Book for customer on implementing Virtual/Thin Provisioning from VMAX/DMX/Clariion arrays to different Operating Systems for provisioning and Replication purpose.
• Created/dissolved Meta Volumes, Change device configuration and map/un map devices to FA ports as and when required.
• Installed EMC PowerPath software that provides multiple I/O path capabilities, load balancing and automatic path failover to ensure high availability and support non-disruptive upgrades.
• Configured Zoning on Brocade switches 3900, 4100 and DCX 48k through Brocade CLI, Web Tools.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4/DMX-3, CX 4- 960,Brocade DCX, 48K, Brocade Web Tools/CLI, SymCLI 7.3, SMC, ECC 6.1, SPA, Navisphere Manager, Time finder Clone, EMC PowerPath, AIX 5.3, Solaris 9/10, VMware, HP-UX, Windows 2000/2003/2008.

Confidential, AZ Jan 2009 - Oct 2010
SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Perform daily provisioning configuration changes using Symcli, SMC, ECC, and Navisphere. Allocate storage to specific servers/applications mostly comprising of Unix, Vmware ESX and Wintel machines.
• Worked on Symmetrix V-max in Thin Provisioning, Virtualization and Auto provisioning.
• Used Open Replicator (Hotpull & PPME) to migrate from DMX to VMAX. Configured, Created, push and pull sessions to migrate devices.
• Troubleshoot the SAN connectivity on different Operating Systems like Windows, VMware ESX, Linux and Solaris.
• Created Standard Operating Procedure documents for storage provisioning.
• Responsible for infrastructure tasks including provisioning storage, connectivity issues, upgrades, and day-to-day issues and audits.
• Used thin devices (tdevs), virtualization and Auto provisioning features on the VMAX by creating intiators, storage groups and masking views.
• Extensively Worked on Symcli to implement concurrent SRDF and successfully replicated the storage to the remote site using SRDF solutions (SRDF/S and SRDF/A).
• Investigate backend storage performance issues on Symmetrix and Clariion using performance manager and navipshere analyzer.
• Troubleshoot the SAN connectivity on different Operating Systems like Windows, Linux and Solaris.
• Installed HBA drivers and other HBA Management software such as Sansurfer and HBAnyware. Identified, resolved configuration, problems with HBA drivers, and cabling.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3, Cisco MDS 9513, Cisco CLI and Cisco Fabric Manager, HP UNIX, AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows, SYMCLI, ECC 6.0,Time Finder & SRDF/A.

Confidential, India Jun 2006 - Oct 2008
SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for administration of multi-vendor tiered storage environment, performing daily administrative tasks like storage provisioning and troubleshooting SAN related issues including incident escalations and root cause analysis and remediation.
• Day to day provisioning of storage (Storage device selection/creation, Zoning, LUN Masking). Managed and deployed LUNS from EMC storage frames to multiple servers using the SYMCLI, ECC and Navisphere Manager. Provided On Call Support & day-to-day troubleshooting SAN related issues.
• Implemented multi-datacenter disaster recovery strategy to protect mission critical data using EMC's SRDF/BCV capabilities. Configured Asynchronous SRDF for Oracle databases.
• Create RAID groups, bind LUNs, create Meta LUNs and create Storage Groups, registering hosts, zoning, and PowerPath.
• Configured EMC Control Center (ECC) console alerts and monitoring thresholds. Administration of ECC, monitoring alerts, set data collection policies and alert thresholds.
• Implemented Mirrorview to configure asynchronous replication between local and remote CX arrays.
• Troubleshoot the SAN connectivity on different Operating Systems like Windows, Linux, Solaris and VMware. Configure HBA, Installing HBA drivers and other HBA Management software such as Sansurfer and HBAnyware.
• Monitoring and resolving the SAN alerts using ECC, generated real time reports and performance statistics of the entire SAN using ECC Storage Scope and Performance manager.
• Implemented Core-Edge, dual-fabric SAN design on Brocade director and departmental switches. Establish and maintain storage and SAN topology documentation about the storage environments deployed amongst the data centers.
• Troubleshoot day-to-day SAN/Storage and Host related issues.

Environment: DMX 3,Clariion CX-3, Navisphere manager, Brocade 3900, 4100 departmental switches, Brocade Web Tools/CLI, ECC, SRDF/A, Solaris 8, HP-UX, Windows 98/2000.

Confidential, India Jul 2004 - May 2006
System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain day-to-day operational support, implementations and periodic hardware and software maintenance. Performed storage provisioning in mutli-vendored, tiered network storage through EMC Navisphere manager.
• Preparation of operational procedures and technical documentation of all SAN/NAS related projects and follow proper changes in SAN management.
• Daily maintenance and administration of enterprise SAN which included CLARiiON CX Arrays.
• Involved in creation and maintenance of checkpoints and replications for data backup and recovery.
• Recovery of corrupted/backup data from NFS and CIFS filesystems from the checkpoints.
• Troubleshoot host-based connectivity issues related to EMC software (PowerPath, Navisphere, ECC client software and third-party HBA\'s (Emulex and Qlogic.).
• Identifying stranded and underutilized storage assets through storage scope Analysis and reclaim storage.

Environment: Clariion CX 600,700, Navisphere manager, Sun Solaris, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Dell PC Servers.