SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of experience in IT industry including EMC Storage, SAN administration and System administration AIX, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX and Windows .
• Experience in administrating, maintaining and troubleshooting of EMC storage like Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-2, DMX-3, DMX-4, Clariion CX500/600/700, CX-3/CX-4 series.
• Strong backup and recovery skills for disaster-recovery and data migration.
• As a Storage administrator got very good experience in Storage Allocation, Mapping, Zoning, Masking creating Meta and device group and Data Replication BCV, SRDF
• Experience in implementing Business Continuity Solutions for local using TimeFinder/BCV, Clones on DMX's and SnapView Technology on Clariion storage.
• Experience in design and implementation of disaster recovery solutions using EMC SRDF/AR, SRDF/S, SRDF/A on DMX's and MirrorView/S/A on Clariion arrays.
• Well experienced in data migration using Array based tools such as Open Replicator symrcopy , SRDF, SanCopy and Host based tool Open Migrator stormigrate .
• Knowledge in VMware ESX Server/CLARIION Storage Provisioning.
• Experience with Cisco enterprise directors like Cisco MDS 9513/9509/9506 and 9140/9120 departmental switches.
• Experience in installation and configuration of Brocade DCX, 48K/12K and 5100/5300/4900/4100/3900/3800 switches.
• Experienced in configuring and administering Fabric Switches using both CLI and Connectrix Manager/Web Tools/Fabric Manger.
• Experience in managing storage arrays using SymCLI, SMC and ECC for Symmetrix, NaviSecCLI, Navisphere Manager for Clariion,
• Development and implementation of solutions for capacity planning and performance issues using StorageScope and Performance Manager/NaviAnalyzer.
• Expertise in SAN related host connectivity for different Open systems like Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX and Windows operating systems.
• Strong exposure to AIX Logical Volume Manager and Veritas Volume Manager.
• Possess hands on expertise in troubleshooting day to day SAN/Storage and host related issues quickly.
• Self-motivated, quick learner, willing to learn and adapt to new technologies and third party products.
• Team player with strong troubleshooting, problem solving, Interpersonal Communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAN/Storage Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Allocated storage using Auto-provisioning technology of VMAX and VNX implemented storage groups, port groups, initiator groups and masking views using SymCLI.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX and VNX arrays to hosts by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and mapping to FA ports and masking the Thin devices to the host, using SMC.
• Successfully allocated storage using ECC, SymCLI and Unisphere for Open Systems environment from DMX-3, DMX-4 to Windows, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX servers including creation of Meta devices, Mapping devices to FA ports and Masking as per the requirement.
• Allocated storage from CX4 and CX3 model arrays using Navisphere and NaviCLI to AIX, Windows and Linux hosts including creation of Raid groups, binding LUNs, creating storage groups and adding luns to the storage group.
• Configured and allocated storage for VMware hosts from DMX-3/DMX-4 and Clariion including configuration of specific port settings for FA ports.
• Took part in planning and commissioning of a new VMAX, installing SymCLI server, initializing ACLX and allocating gatekeepers.
• Configured and managed fabrics using Brocade Web Tools / CLI and Device Manager, DCFM and ECC.
• Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production servers using TimeFinder BCVs / Clones on DMX4, DMX3.
• Implemented and tested Disaster Recovery using SRDF/A between DMX-4 and DMX-3 at remote site.
• Implemented and tested SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications from DMX3 to DMX4 including creation of dynamic RA groups, dynamic RDF pairs and device groups.
• Used EMC Grabs and prepared migration scripts to migrate servers using Open Migrator, Open Replicator, MirrorView and SanCopy.
• Upgraded hosts as per the EMC HEAT report and installed / upgraded and configured PowerPath for AIX, Solaris and Windows Operating Systems before migrating to the new storage array and installed SymCLI software.
• Migrated TB's of data from old storage arrays like DMX-4/3 to new array VMAX using Open Migrator and SANCopy.
• Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX, Solaris, HP and Windows Operating Systems to support the load balancing and failover features among the HBA's on the system.
• Ran Grab utility and used Heat reports to troubleshoot any SAN storage related issues including identifying the software requirements to bring up the server to the current EMC Standards.
• Based on EMC recommendations, updated required patches Operating System and HBA drivers on all systems that are part of the data migration.
• Actively involved in performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and monitoring the health of SAN.
• Troubleshooting critical issues including threshold optimization, server throughput, ports availability, meeting zoning requirements, one-path down, host not seeing storage management problems.

ENVIRONMENT: EMC VMAX, VNX 5100/5200/5300/5700/7600/8000, V-Block with VNX8000, DMX-4/DMX-3, DMX1000/2000, Clariion CX4-480, CX3-80, CX500/700, Brocade DCX, 48K, 12K, 4100, Cisco MDS 9513/9509, Unisphere, SYMCLI 7.x, ECC6.x, SMC 7.x, Navisphere Manager6.x, NaviSecCLI, SRDF, TimeFinder, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, Brocade Network Adviser, Brocade Web Tools/ CLI/ Connectrix Manager, Cisco CLI/ Fabric Manager, EMC PowerPath, AIX 5.3, Solaris 8/9, HP-UX 11.i, Windows 2000/2003 and RedHat ES3/ES4 Linux.

Confidential

SAN/Storage Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Allocated storage using Auto-provisioning technology of VMAX and VNX implemented storage groups, port groups, initiator groups and masking views using SymCLI
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX and VNX arrays to hosts by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and mapping to FA ports and masking the Thin devices to the host, using SMC.
• Successfully allocated storage using ECC, SymCLI and Unisphere for Open Systems environment from DMX-3, DMX-4 to Windows, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX servers including creation of Meta devices, Mapping devices to FA ports and Masking as per the requirement.
• Allocated storage from CX4 and CX3 model arrays using Navisphere and NaviCLI to AIX, Windows and Linux hosts including creation of Raid groups, binding LUNs, creating storage groups and adding luns to the storage group.
• Configured and allocated storage for VMware hosts from DMX-3/DMX-4 and Clariion including configuration of specific port settings for FA ports.
• Took part in planning and commissioning of a new VMAX, installing SymCLI server, initializing ACLX and allocating gatekeepers.
• Configured and managed fabrics using Brocade Web Tools / CLI and Device Manager, DCFM and ECC.
• Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production servers using TimeFinder BCVs / Clones on DMX4, DMX3.
• Implemented and tested Disaster Recovery using SRDF/A between DMX-4 and DMX-3 at remote site.
• Implemented and tested SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications from DMX3 to DMX4 including creation of dynamic RA groups, dynamic RDF pairs and device groups.
• Used EMC Grabs and prepared migration scripts to migrate servers using Open Migrator, Open Replicator, MirrorView and SanCopy.
• Upgraded hosts as per the EMC HEAT report and installed / upgraded and configured PowerPath for AIX, Solaris and Windows Operating Systems before migrating to the new storage array and installed SymCLI software.
• Migrated TB's of data from old storage arrays like DMX-4/3 to new array VMAX using Open Migrator and SANCopy.
• Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX, Solaris, HP and Windows Operating Systems to support the load balancing and failover features among the HBA's on the system.
• Ran Grab utility and used Heat reports to troubleshoot any SAN storage related issues including identifying the software requirements to bring up the server to the current EMC Standards.
• Based on EMC recommendations, updated required patches Operating System and HBA drivers on all systems that are part of the data migration.
• Actively involved in performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and monitoring the health of SAN.
• Troubleshooting critical issues including threshold optimization, server throughput, ports availability, meeting zoning requirements, one-path down, host not seeing storage management problems.

ENVIRONMENT: EMC VMAX, DMX-4/DMX-3, DMX1000/2000, Clariion CX4-480, CX3-80, CX500/700, Brocade DCX, 48K, 12K, 4100, Cisco MDS 9513/9509, SYMCLI 7.x, ECC6.x, SMC 7.x, Navisphere Manager6.x, NaviSecCLI, SRDF, TimeFinder, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, Brocade Web Tools/ CLI/ Connectrix Manager, Cisco CLI/ Fabric Manager, EMC PowerPath, AIX 5.3, Solaris 8/9, HP-UX 11.i, Windows 2000/2003 and RedHat ES3/ES4 Linux.

Confidential

Storage Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Configured and allocated storage on EMC DMX-4, DMX-3, DMX 3000's, and CX4-120, CX 600/700's.
• Creating new devices and configured them for the type of role they want to perform using symconfigure in Solutions Enabler.
• Zoning, Device Mapping, Device Masking under multiple host configurations and storage frames.
• Created multiple Device Groups depending on the application and requirements of the environment, and Data Replication BCV, SRDF-S/A .
• Installed and configured EMC Control Center and Powerpath software on several servers.
• Storage provisioning and administration of EMC Symmetrix and Clariion arrays using SymCLI, Navisphere and ECC 6.0.
• Installed and configured Cisco MDS 9513 enterprise director switches. Managed Cisco switches using CLI and Fabric manager.
• Troubleshooting and administration of SAN environment consisting of Brocade and Cisco switches.
• Installed and configured host HBA drivers and resolved the issues related to SAN.
• Installed and configured PowerPath on various operating systems to support the load balancing and failover features among the HBA's on the system.
• Implemented data migrations from DMX3000/DMX1000 to DMX3 using Array based Open Replicator/ SRDF and host based Open Migrator, LVM mirror migration methods.
• Responsible to setup the Zones between the hosts, old DMX3000 and new DMX3 .
• Designed, configured and implemented a standardized SRDF/AR group for disaster recovery.
• Actively involved in a consistent data replication for a mission critical application with oracle database from DMX-3 to DMX-3 using SRDF/A with TimeFinder/Consistent Groups Technology.
• Also worked in disaster recovery operations team to perform the DR exercise to check the data consistency at the remote site using failover, update and failback operations.
• Installed and configured the new Brocade 48K, 4100 and 3900 switches into the existing environment to support the Data migration.
• Responsible for performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and maintaining high availability as per EMC best practices.
• Worked in a team to Migrate data from Clariion to DMX3 using open replicator.

ENVIRONMENT: EMC Symmetrix DMX-4, DMX-3, DMX3000, CLARiiON CX4-120/240 CX600 CX700 Cisco MDS 9513 / 9509, Brocade 48k, 3900, 4100, HP UNIX, AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows, SYMCLI, ECC 6.0, Navisphere Manager, Time Finder SRDF/A, Cisco CLI and Cisco Fabric Manager, Brocade CLI and Webtools.

Confidential

SAN/Storage Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implemented Auto provisioning by creating Initiator Groups, Port Groups, Storage Groups, and Masking Views for the V-MAX system.
• Allocated storage to Symmetrix DMX3, DMX4, V-MAX and Clariion CX3-40, CX4-480, CX4-960
• Used EMC Grabs and prepared migration scripts to migrate servers using Open Migrator, Open Replicator, Mirror View and SanCopy.
• Upgraded hosts as per the HEAT report and installed / upgraded and configured Power Path for AIX, Solaris and Windows Operating Systems before migrating to the new storage array and installed SymCLI software.
• Migrated TB's of data using Open Migrator/Open Replicator and SANCopy.
• Implemented and Configured Business Continuity Solutions using Time finder BCV/Clone/ Snap for Symmetrix DMX and V-MAX.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX array to hosts by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and mapping to FA ports and masking the Thin devices to the host, using SMC 7.0.
• Successfully allocated storage using ECC 6.1, SymCLI 7.0 for Open Systems environment from DMX-3, DMX-4 to Windows, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX servers including creation of Meta devices, Mapping devices to FA ports and Masking as per the requirement.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning in CLARiiON CX-4 using Navisphere Manager 6.x and created thin luns.
• Responsibilities also include registering hosts, creating RAID groups, binding LUNs, and adding luns to Storage groups using Navisphere and NaviCLI for various UNIX and windows hosts.
• Configured and allocated storage for VMware hosts from DMX-3/DMX-4 and Clariion including configuration of specific port settings for FA ports.
• Implemented and tested SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications from DMX3 to DMX4 including creation of dynamic RA groups, dynamic RDF pairs and device groups.
• Ran Grab utility and used Heat reports to troubleshoot any SAN storage related issues including identifying the software requirements to bring up the server to the current EMC Standards.
• Based on EMC recommendations, updated required patches Operating System and HBA drivers on all systems that are part of the data migration.
• Actively involved in performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and monitoring the health of SAN.
• Interacted with various lines of business teams during migration projects to get downtime and part of job opened change management to get the approval from Change advisory Board CAB . Then as per CAB approval, implemented migration during the downtime period.

ENVIRONMENT: EMC VMAX, DMX-4/DMX-3, DMX1000/2000, Clariion CX4-120/240/480/960, CX3-80, Brocade DCX, 48K, 12K, 4100, Cisco MDS 9513/9509, SYMCLI 7.x, ECC6.x, SMC 7.0, Navisphere Manager6.x, NaviSecCLI, SRDF, TimeFinder, SnapView, MirrorView, SANCopy, Open Migrator, Open Replicator, Brocade Web Tools/ CLI/ Connectrix Manager, Cisco CLI/ Fabric Manager, EMC Power Path, AIX 5.3, Solaris 8/9, HP-UX 11.i, Windows 2000/2003 and RedHat ES3/ES4 Linux.

Confidential

SAN/Storage Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Daily maintenance and administration of enterprise SAN that included several Symmetrix V-Max arrays, DMX arrays and CLARiiONs connected to several Windows UNIX servers in the Data center
• Experience in provision storage using Symmetrix V-Max. Implemented Auto provisioning groups for mapping and masking. Made use of Symmetrix management console for provisioning activities.
• Created RAID Groups, bound Luns, and storage groups using Navisphere Manager on CX3-80, CX3- 40 arrays and provisioned storage to Solaris, Linux servers.
• Designed, implemented and managed the Backup and Recovery environment utilizing TimeFinder/Clones.
• Used ECC 6.0 for day-to-day tasks such as discovering, monitoring, reporting, planning and storage provisioning for large, complex physical and virtual infrastructures.
• Performed a detailed Storage Capacity Planning by collecting data using ECC Storage Scope reports to prepare the customer for Tech Refresh projects.
• Followed proper Change Management Procedures, well prepared and submitted all the required documents for all SAN / Storage migration projects.
• Involved in the migration of data using SANCopy from CLARiiON CX 700 to CX-4 and provisioning of data for testing purposes using SnapView/Snapshots Clones data replication.
• Performed zoning for SANCopy sessions between CX3-40 and CX3-80 at a remote site and generated scripts using NaviCLI commands.
• Implemented Disaster recovery solution using SRDF/A from DMX4 to DMX4 at a remote site, for a mission critical application.
• Implemented MirrorView/A between CX3-40 and CX3-80 at remote site, for disaster recovery.
• Implemented SAN expansion by joining the new switches to the existing fabric or merging two fabrics with minimal or no disturbance to the production.
• Installing and setting up Cisco MDS switches, creating VSANs, Port-channels and troubleshooting SAN Problems
• Installed Qlogic HBAs QLA2300 and configured Leadville / native Qlogic drivers on Solaris.
• Analyzed, tracked and resolved complex software/hardware matters of significance pertaining to data center operations. Coordinated hardware/software installations and upgrades to ensure work is properly performed in accordance with company policy.
• PowerPath software installation, configuration and administration on UNIX and Windows Servers.

ENVIRONMENT: EMC Symmetrix V-Max, DMX1000/2000/3000/8830/4, Clariion CX-3, CX -600/700, Brocade 12K /48K Silkworm, Cisco 9509/9513.

ECC 6.x, SymCLI 6.x, Navisphere Manager 6.x, Brocade CLI, WebTools and Fabric Manager, Connectrix Manager, Windows, Solaris, HP, AIX, Linux.

Confidential

System Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for installation, configuration management and maintenance of AIX Systems.
• Installation, configuration up gradation of Sun Solaris, Windows NT4.0.
• Installed and managed systems including tasks like disk management, user management, network management, performance management, error reporting for various production and development projects running on Solaris with Oracle.
• User account management-creation, deletion and shifting.
• Adding and managing software licenses.
• Monitoring system performance, tune-up kernel parameter, adding/removing/administering hosts, users, disk on DNS/NIS domain.
• Involved in migration of IBM AIX 4.3.3/5.1/5.2.
• Involved in updating patches, fixes and versions of Sun Solaris and various Middleware technologies.
• Used the LVM extensively, created/Modified/Deleted Volume groups.
• Network Administration and Monitoring the performance of network equipment like switches Routers and Firewalls.
• Managing AIX file systems.
• Backup management through regular ufsdump, ufsrestore, fbackup, frecovery.
• Involved in shell scripting using Bourne Korn.

ENVIRONMENT: Solaris 2.6, IBM AIX 4.1/4.3/5L, Ultra-2, 5 Workstation, Storage A3500, A1000, Bourne shell scripting, WinNT, checkpoint and Firewalls