SUMMARY

• Administration experience in storage to Multiprotocol Environments like CIFS and NFS in NetApp SAN/NAS environment.
• Experience in administering Netapp Storage systems on Data ONTAP 7-Mode.
• Storage professional with 7 years of experience in planning, implementing and maintaining EMC, HP, Netapp Storage arrays, SAN/NAS solutions and System Administration in an enterprise environment.
• Experience in administration of EMC Storage arrays Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, VNX-5700, VNX-5300, Clariion arrays CX4-120/240/480, AX-4, Celerra NS120/480, HP 3PAR P10000 v400, HP EVA 4400, 5000, 8000 in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with Auto-provisioning on VMAX by creating initiator groups, port groups and storage groups and adding them to a masking view in V-MAX using SYMCLI, Symmetrix Management Console SMC , Unisphere for VMAX.
• Experienced with Virtual provisioning, by creating TDEVS, and binding them to respective thin pools on V-MAX.
• Experienced in creating file systems and exporting them to NFS and CIFS clients using Celerra Manager and Celerra CLI.
• Experience in administering, maintaining, implementing NetApp Storage Systems FAS 6280, FAS3240, FAS6040.
• Monitoring and managing NetApp environment using OnCommand suite, DFM OnCommand Balance.
• Experienced in new Thin Pool Creation, adding tdat's to thin pools also expanding existing thin pools by adding additional tdat's performing pool rebalancing.
• Experience in creating Common Provisioned Groups CPG , Virtual Volumes VV , creating Hosts Persona, exporting Virtual Volumes to Host, creating Virtual Domains, Domain object and managing Domain objects in HP-3PAR.
• Experience in implementing HP 3PAR Thin Technologies for space management and Autonomic groups VVSet and HOSTSet .
• Experience 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.
• Experienced in VLUN Migration on VMAX from one tier to another tier using symmigrate.
• Experienced with FASTVP sub lun level data movement on VMAX, by creating tiers, FAST policies associating storage groups to the FAST policies.
• Experience in online striped Meta lun expansion and converting concatenated to striped Meta on VMAX.
• Experience in installing Solutions Enabler 7.x, SMC 7.x for managing VMAX also upgrading whenever required to the latest available version.
• Experience in upgrading from SMC, SPA to Unisphere for VMAX for managing VMAX.
• Involved in BIN File upgrade discussions with EMC, capacity planning following EMC best practices.
• Experience with EMC Control Center ECC , involved in upgrading ECC from ub9 to ub11 also upgrading from ub 11 to ub 14.
• Experience in ESRS EMC Secure Remote Support installation, troubleshooting, policy manager upgrades.
• Experience in performance monitoring getting performance reports from ECC Performance Manager and Symmetrix Performance Analyzer SPA .
• Experience in Capacity reporting by getting reports from ECC Storage Scope.
• Experience with ECC Alert Management configured all the alert parameters and management policies, also integrated ECC with BPPM sending these alerts to BPPM.
• Experience in installing Symmetrix Performance Analyzer SPA for getting real time performance data.
• Experience in implementing Business Continuity solutions using Time Finder BCV/Clones/snaps for Symmetrix Arrays and Snap View Clones/Snapshots for CLARiiON Arrays.
• Experience in implementing data migrations using Array based tools Open Replicator and host based tools Open Migrator/Powerpath Migration Enabler.
• Experience in installation and configuration of Brocade 48k DCX Directors and 3900, 4900, 5100, 5300 switches.
• Experience with Cisco Enterprise Directors Cisco MDS 9506/9509/9513 and departmental switches 9120/9124/9134/9140/9148.

Expertise in storage provisioning, monitoring, reporting of EMC Symmetrix arrays including VMAX using SYMCLI/SMC and VNX, Clariion using Unisphere, Navisphere respectively.

• Experience in implementing disaster recovery solutions, SRDF/S, SRDF/A, SRDF/AR on Symmetrix arrays.
• Experience in SAN related host connectivity for various Operating systems, Solaris Linux/HPUX/AIX/Windows.
• Hands-on experience in Generating host remediation report using EMC E-lab Advisor, Grab analysis tool, EMC Host Environment Analysis Tool HEAT for remediation and root cause analysis on Hosts.
• Experience in configuring and managing Brocade switches using CLI, Connectrix Manager, DCFM and Web Tools and Cisco switches using both CLI and Fabric Manager.
• Experienced in configuring and managing EMC Power Path solution for path failover, load balancing, path management and automatic I/O failure detections.
• Possesses hands on expertise in troubleshooting day to day SAN/Storage and host related issues quickly.
• Highly motivated Team Player with good communication skills.

Technical Skills

Confidential

Role: SAN Consultant

Responsibilities:

Responsible for day-to-day administration of EMC SAN environment, which includes EMC Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, VNX, Clariion CX-4, Celerra, Isilon connected to Windows, AIX, Linux and VMware ESX servers.

• Storage allocation to new build and existing UNIX, Windows servers/clusters and VMWare ESX environment using auto provisioning on VMAX using SYMCLI/SMC/Unisphere for VMAX. Tasks include creation of tdevs, binding tdevs to thin pools, creation of initiator/storage/port groups and creating masking view.
• Provisioning storage to UNIX, Windows and ESX servers from DMX4/DMX3 arrays using SYMCLI/SMC
• Implemented a disaster recovery solution on VMAX using SRDF/A between the two sites production and DR by creating the new luns pairing in acp disk mode using a text file and suspending the relation and moving the devices to the main device group and resuming the relation and adding the devices to the main device group.
• Performed DR Testing by activating the relation between dr and dr clone and recreating the relation after testing is completed.
• Implemented a high availability solution on VMAX using SRDF/S between the two sites production and HA by creating new luns pairing in acp disk mode in a text file, putting the main device group in acp disk mode, adding the devices to main device group and putting back the main device group to sync mode.
• Implemented SRDF/S on VMAX/DMX for high availability setup between PROD and HA arrays.
• Reclamation of more than 100 terabytes of storage from each of the old oltp prod, ha and dr VMAX 20K frames also deleting srdf/s relation between prod and ha luns, deleting srdf/a relation between prod and dr luns, terminating ha and ha clone pairing, dr and dr clone pairing, ha and ha snaps 1,2,3 pairing, reclamation of pt and terminating snaps pairing and deleting the luns.

Implemented FASTVP sub lun level data movement on VMAX, by creating tiers, FAST policies associating storage groups to the FAST policies.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix VMAX, VNX, Isilon, XtremIO, Clariion, Brocade Switches, , AIX, VMWARE ESX, Windows, Linux, Solaris.

Confidential

Role: SAN Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Experience in managing SAN environment which comprises of HP 3PAR P10000 v400, HP EVA 5000, 8000 storage arrays.
• Storage allocation to Windows 2k8/2k12, HP-UX, ESX hosts using IMC and CLI for HP-3PAR and HP Command view for HP EVA arrays.
• Installing 3PAR Inform Management Console, Inform management CLI and Host Explorer, System Reporter.
• 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.
• Implementing Autonomic groups to create VVSet Hostset, for provisioning storage.
• Creating virtual copy snapshots using IMC and CLI.
• Implemented Zoning on Brocade Cisco fabrics and troubleshooting SAN connectivity issues.
• Migrated Hosts from HP EVA arrays to HP 3PAR storage arrays.
• Performed backup restore of Brocade switch configurations on Brocade switches and also did firmware upgrade of Fabric OS on Brocade switches.
• Experience in migrating Storage arrays from old brocade fabric to new brocade fabric.
• Experience in firmware upgrades on Brocade Director class switches.

Manage Netapp VTL arrays and make sure the backups are running form the master and the media servers.

Provision day to day allocation of storage responsibilities on the FAS 3200 Netapp Data ONTAP8

• Managed Brocade fabrics using tools Brocade CLI, WebTools, DCFM and Cisco fabrics using Cisco CLI and Fabric Manager Device Manager to create zones, zoneset and activated them.

Environment: HP 3PAR P10000- v400, HP EVA 5000/8000, Brocade 48000 Director Switches, Brocade 5300, Brocade 300, VMWARE ESX, Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP Command View EVA, Live Vault, Inform Management Console, Inform CLI.

Confidential

Role: Sr Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience with storage provisioning on Symmetrix V-MAX running using SYMCLI 7.x, SMC 7.x, and Unisphere for VMAX.
• Experience with Auto-provisioning by creating initiator groups, port groups, storage groups and adding them into masking views on VMAX using Solution Enabler SYMCLI 7.x And SMC 7.x.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning on VMAX array by creating thin devices, binding thin devices to thin pool and mapping to FA ports and masking the thin devices to the host.
• Hands on experience in the day to day SAN related tasks, Zoning, mapping and masking.
• Hands on experience in creation of FC Aliases, zones, adding them to zonesets and activating the zonesets using Cisco Fabric Manager and Cisco CLI.
• Hands on experience in storage provisioning for VMWARE ESX servers like provisioning RDM's, Data stores.
• Worked on Pool Rebalancing by adding data devices to thin pools and performing rebalancing.
• Worked on remediation of thin pools on VMAX by disabling tdat's removing them from thin pool allowing draining of thin pools and reconfiguring according to EMC best practices.
• VMAX FA Port remediation moving host from FA ports that are heavily utilized to less utilized FA ports.
• Involved in installing Solutions Enabler 7.6, SMC 7.3 for managing VMAX.
• Worked on ECC Alert Management configured all the alert parameters and management policies, also integrated ECC with BPPM sending these alerts to BPPM.
• Experience on EMC Control Center ECC , upgrading from ub9 to ub11.
• Experience in installing Cisco Fabric manager and Device Manager 5.0.7 for managing cisco switches 9513, 9509, 9148.
• Worked on installation of Symmetrix Performance Analyzer SPA for getting real time performance data.
• NAS Administration, Net apps filers installation, on tap upgrades, snap mirror and quota, Qtrees Administration
• Worked with team in upgrading Data ONTAP to 7.3.5.1P3, 8.0.1.
• Configured aggregates, volumes and qtrees on NetApp filers
• Provision SAN/NAS storage for NETAPP and EMC Symmetrix attached servers
• Trace and label Fiber attached storage systems and SAN switches
• Verify system compatibility with NETAPP specific requirements for hosts attached to NETAPP storage systems.
• Create Hardware Visio diagrams for all Storage Systems at Union Bank
• Coordinate with other IT departments to gather information for design and planning purposes
• Hardware Installs of NETAPP storage shelves
• DMX 2000, ECC support, Storage provisioning and decomm support
• NET APPS filers FAS 960 and FAS 940 Installation and support
• Provided regular updates in weekly meetings with team, Netapp, EMC, production managers.
• Work with the backup team to troubleshoot issues in the environment
• Provided business groups with snapmirror replication with desired frequency and also snapvault backups for disaster recovery purpose. Responsible for snapmirror configurations and monitoring the relationships.
• Snapshots, snapmirror replication and snapvault management. Configure snapvaults and troubleshoot failed jobs.
• Prepared documentation for all the SAN Infrastructure Switches and Storage Systems.
• Prepared monthly capacity reports for all the arrays, also prepared PPT's for weekly storage meetings.
• Experience with EMC Symmetrix VMAX FAST VP for virtually provisioned environments automates the identification of thin device extents for the purposes of reallocating application data across different performance tiers within a single array.
• Implemented FASTVP on VMAX, by creating tiers, FAST policies associating storage groups to the FAST policies.
• Allocated storage from VMAX and VNX arrays to Windows, Linux Physical and Virtual servers and AIX servers.
• Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production data using Time Finder Clone/Snap on V-MAX.
• Involved in creating and deleting zones using CISCO CLI and Fabric Manger on CISCO Switches.
• Extensively worked on SAN Infrastructure related host connectivity for various operating systems including AIX, Linux, and Windows.
• Involved in troubleshooting routine critical issues including server throughput, ports availability, zoning requirements, one-path down, enabling the path on source or destination arrays, host not seeing storage and storage management problems.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix V-MAX, VNX-5700/5300, Clariion CX-4 480,240, AX-4, HP EVA, Celerra NS-120/480 SymCLI 7.x/SMC7.x, SPA,Unisphere, Navisphere, Celerra Manager, Celerra CLI, AIX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows, ECC 6.1,Time Finder Clones/Snaps, Cisco MDS 9513/9509/9148, Brocade 300, Netapp N5200.

Confidential

Role: Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience with storage provisioning on Symmetrix V-MAX, DMX-4 using SYMCLI 7.x, SMC 7.x and CLARiiON CX4-960, CX3-80 storage arrays using Navisphere 6.x, NavisecCLI.
• 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 Infrastructure Switches and Storage Systems, prior to the data migration by discussing with the storage team.
• Configured aggregates, volumes and qtrees on NetApp filers
• Configured NFS and CIFS shares from netapp filers
• Configured multistore and vfilers in the NetApp environment
• Configured snapmirror and snapvault between filers for Disaster recovery and archival purposes
• Documented the DR procedures for future purposes
• Created reports for storage and capacity planning purposes
• Co-ordinate netapp ontap upgrades with netapp PSE's
• Migrated terabytes of data from several DMX/CX arrays to V-MAX using Open Replicator, Open Migrator and PowerPath Migration Enabler.
• Implemented FAST within the array which enables the use of Enterprise Flash Drives for heavily utilized LUN's and low cost SATA for less frequently used Lun's.
• Experience in PowerPath Migration Enabler host copy that supports multiple migration scenarios standard to standard, virtual provisioned devices, encrypted devices
• Hands on experience in PPME host copy steps like installing the powerpath, install PPME license, zoning, identification of source and target luns.
• Experience in set up the migration using commands powermig setup, data copying powermig sync, and querying the status using powermig query.

Allocated and Provisioned storage from VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 arrays to Windows, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX servers.

Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production data using Time Finder Clone Emulation, Time Finder/Snap on V-Max and DMX arrays.

Confidential

Role: SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Day to Day Storage provisioning on DMX-4, DMX-3, CX3-80, CX4-120/240/480 and allocated storage to AIX, HP-UNIX, Windows and Solaris servers.
• Involved in Symmetrix configuration and did connections between management server UNIX, Windows and DMX-3/4 array by selecting HBA, FA, switch ports and also initialized VCMDB on DMX-3/4.
• Consolidated storage and expanded by upgrading from CX 700 to a higher capacity CX3-80 using San Copy
• Converted STDs to BCVs using symconfigure. Created and managed device groups to establish, split and mount volumes BCVs on backup server to do backup operations
• Created copies of production data by using Time Finder BCV for testing and development and also for backups on DMX-4, CX-240/480
• Converted the device personalities as per the requirement STD to BCVs and BCVs to BCV/R1 and setup R1 and R2 etc .
• Implemented a disaster recovery solution using SRDF/A between the two sites production and DR located geographically apart
• Implemented High availability solutions like MirrorView, SAN Copy on CLARiiONs for source CX3-80 and target CX4-240
• Configured Brocade 4100,4900,DCX switches using Brocade CLI, Web Tools by creating aliases, zones and configurations
• Decommissioned storage for open systems by reclaiming the storage after destroying the data, unmounting the file systems, unmasking, unmapping from the FA ports and dissolving the Meta devices using SYMCLI and cleaned up the old storage includes deleting SRDF pairs and clone relationships
• Created meta luns on CX3/4 and DMX-3/4 based on the application requirements expanded by adding luns using Navisphere Manager, SYMCLI respectively.
• Provided documents for operational management, troubleshooting the issues that occur in the SAN environment
• Developed and implemented proper Change Management Procedures by submitted all the required documents for all SAN / Storage migration projects

Confidential

SAN/System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• SAN Storage administrator with system administration responsibilities for multiple operating systems. Implemented and administered a SAN network with EMC Clariion CX 500 Storage array Brocade 12000 Directors.
• Worked on EMC Navisphere Manager 6.0 to manage multiple storage systems, multiple hosts, storage objects, assign / re-assign storage to hosts and monitor storage system for errors.
• Provisioning SAN Storage for Windows/Solaris Host for Clariion CX 500 using Navisphere Manager, duties include creating Raid Groups, Bind LUNs, and Creating Storage Groups, allocating Storage Space to Storage groups and connecting Hosts to it.
• Configured Zones for the fabrics Brocade 12000 using Connectrix Manager.
• Configured events on Navisphere Event Monitor and Navisphere Analyzer for reporting and monitoring purposes. Initiated appropriate steps to avoid possible system downtime and optimal performance and utilization of resources.
• Transferred fabric management traffic by establishing communication between Switches using ISL's and to expand Fabric Connectivity.
• Installed EMC Power path for automated path management, multi-path I/O capability, and automatic load-balancing and enhance application availability.
• Resolved performance issues with the I/O's targeting a particular disk, dissolved MetaLUNs and implemented new MetaLUNs to reduce channel address issues.
• Provided 24 / 7 production support for the existing servers, interacting with the users and their problems. Making sure that the systems are up and running and there is no down time for the users.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• System Administration for Sun Servers for day-to-day problems, Patches, User Administration, Storage management - Installing, Upgrading and Configuring Sun Solaris on Spark and X86 Platforms.
• Regular disk management like Adding / Replacing Hard Drives and JBODs on existing Servers / Workstations, partitioning according to requirements, creating new file systems or growing existing one using VERITAS Volume Manager.
• Maintained appropriate file and system security, monitoring and controlling system access, changing permission, ownership of files and directories, maintaining passwords, assigning special privileges to selected users and controlling file access, monitoring status of process in order to increase the system efficiency.
• Configured Distributed File Systems and administering NFS Server and NFS Clients and editing Auto-Mounting, Mapping as per System / User requirements.
• Installed and partitioned disk drives. Created, mounted and maintained File Systems to ensure access to system, application and user data.
• Scheduled system related cron jobs, printer maintenance and managed printers Network, Local, Remote and Serial using, Admin tool and LP Admin Utility.
• Checked consistency of File System using FSCK and other utilities.
• Using svmstat, iostat and netstat to determine the system and network health.