Summary

• EMC, HITACHI STORAGE, NetApp SPECIFIC SAN SKILLS:
• EMC Fiber Channel SAN,Cisco MDS 9000 series, Brocade DCX
• EMC DMX, VMAX, VPLEX, VNX, Clariions cx series, MirrowView SAN Copy, EMC SnapView, Control Center ionix, SRM.
• EMC Symmetrix Business Continuity - Time Finder, SRDF.
• EMC NAS VNX Unified operations and management - Multi-Protocol, Celerra Manager, NetApp Unified
• VMWare ESX Server 3.5, 5.1, 5.2.
• Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage, AMS2100, 2300, 2500, 200, 500,1000 series, and Enterprise Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAN Engineer

• Supported Bristol Myers Squibb Global Data Centers.
• Extended extensive support for DMX 4/3/1/2, CX600, CX700 CX 3-80, migrations to VNX5100/5300/5500/5700, Vmax, Vplex storage arrays in a Brocade, Cisco SAN, configuration of new storage, Raid Groups/ pools, Luns, as well as day to day storage requests.
• Supported DMX, VMAx, Vplex, VNX, CX4-NS960, NAS Celerra Filesystems and Netgroups, NetApps, and Hitachi/ XP arrays, EMC SRM/VIPR.
• Monitored storage arrays in EMC Control Center for performance and data protection.
• Monitored storage arrays in EMC Prosphere, Watch4net, SRM/ViPR for performance and data protection.
• Administered timely resolution of trouble calls using Remedy Ticketing and Change Control processes, for core issues related to connected storage arrays EMC NAS/SAN, NAS/SAN NetApp filers, Cellera Management, fiber channel switches, HBA, FA/SA, Backend Disk Adapter and fiber channel tape NDMP devices.
• Proficient in Cisco Fabric Manager/CLI, Brocade Connectrix Manager/CLI for creating zones and Fabric Configuration.
• Proficient in using SMC/SYMCLI for Meta creation, Mapping, Masking/Unmasking, Dissolving Meta, Decommissioning storage backing VCM database.
• Coordinated with Remote Facility Storage engineers, created device groups, established SRDF pairing, and executing SRDF scripts/commands, including Open Replicator.
• Co-ordinated with vendors for array and switch Firmware/code upgrades, and decommissioning of EOSL assets.

Confidential

IBM SAN Engineer

• Supported Kaiser Permanente Data Centers globally.
• Project included working with EMC solutions group to support Data Centres.EMC DMX4/3, CX700/3-80, to EMC V-MAX , VNX, and CX4-NS960 storage arrays in a Brocade SAN, configuration of new storage, Raid Groups, Luns, as well as day to day storage requests.
• Supported DMX, VMAx, CX4-NS960, Centera, NetApp, Hitachi, and Clariion arrays.
• Coordinated with Remote Facility Storage engineers, created device groups, established SRDF pairing, and executing SRDF scripts/commands, including Open Replicator.
• Supported EMC- Clariion Navisphere Manager 6, NaviCLI , Symmetrix/DMX ECC, SYMCLI , EMC Control Center Administration/Monitoring, Centera Viewer/CLI , and Storage provisioning/decommissioning, CX Flare code upgrades, SP replacement, Disk Array Enclosure upgrades, Disk replacements, Navi Analyzer support, CX Break Fix issues , SRDF, Data Center Storage Migration.

Confidential

EMC SAN Engineer

• Technical resource supporting 21st Century Data Center.
• Project included working with EMC solutions group to support Data Centre migration from DMX4/3, CX700/3-80, to EMC V-MAX , and CX4-NS960 storage using Open Replicator solution in a Brocade SAN, configuration of new storage, Raid Groups, Luns, as well as day to day storage requests.
• Supported DMX, VMAx, CX4-NS960, Centera, NetApp, Hitachi, and Clariion arrays.

Confidential

EMC Resident

• MfxRoanoke.com Sun Solaris systems data migration project.
• Configured BIN files between DMX-3000 and DMX-4 for SRDF replication which includes SRDF device pairing for R1/R2.
• Completed prep of servers for migration, FA mapping, zoning, masking, EMCGrabs. Execute SRDF migration in Adaptive Copy mode, and validate synchronization.
• Assisted with setting up of Dynamic SRDF for Shoppers Drug Mart Inc, Canada.

Confidential

Sr. EMC SAN Storage Specialist

• EMC tools: EMCgrabs, Solutions Enabler, SRDF, PowerPath, TimeFinder BCV's,dmx and Clariions arrays,Navisphere, ECC Control Centre 5.2/6.x, Inq, HBA Emulex, Qlogic drivers and firmware upgrades, Connectrix Manager, fabric Manager,Cisco Device Manager.
• Day to day provisioning of Storage Storage Device selection/creation, Zoning, LUN Masking using symcli Brocade as well as Cisco MDS, Solaris, HP-UX, Aix, Win2k/win3k, Linux, as well as Cellera AVM Manager, Cellera NAS filesystems, netgroups, ECC.
• Hitachi AMS2100, 2300, 2500 Storage HDS Device Manager/Storage Navigator, ShadowImage/ TrueCopy
• VMware Infrastructure 3.5, virtual centre 2.5 setup and installation, VmwareVmotion, Windows Active Directory support.
• Support EMC Symmetrix DMX Arrays DMX4, 3, 2000, Clariion CX Series, storage devices for Open Systems.
• Providing Volume Manager Support to Server Admins for Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows and Sun Solaris.

Confidential

Unix Solaris/SAN Administration

• Project: Assisted with SAN migrations and day-to-day Systems Administration, and operations
• Install Veritas Volume Manager, EMC Powe Path, emcgrabs, inq, EMC Legato Networker version 7.3
• Administer large storage area networks consisting Brocade and Cisco Fabrics,McData, Fabric Manager, Cisco,Connectrix Manager, solutions enablerClariions, EMC DMX symmetrix arrays, Storage Scope, Change and ticket management using Remedy
• Systems administrator supporting 700 Enterprise Servers, Windows win2k/win3k Compaq Proliant Dl580/380/360, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory Services, UNIX, Solaris, Red Hat Linux, HP-UX.
• Install fiber host bus adapter HBA drivers, firmware upgrades on Windows and Unix servers. Manage EMC SAN storage using EMC control centre 5.2, Navisphere, and zoning to Brocade/cisco switches.

Confidential

Consultant - Unix/NT

Administrator

• HBA configuration Emulex and QLogic , Remedy change control processes.
• EMC SAN Symmetrix and CLARiiONArrays Zoning and LUN masking with Connectrix B-Series Brocade and MDS-Series switches, EMCSANtools Control Center ECC, SAN Manager, Navisphere Manager .
• Systems administrator supporting 1000 Servers, UNIX, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX,HBA Emulex and QLogic
• Experience installing and maintaining SunOS 2.6 through Sun Solaris 10, Win2000/2003/NT.
• Experience with the Veritas Volume Manager, Legato Networker, Veritas Cluster VCS 1.3.0/2.0
• DNS, DHCP, NIS/NIS , NFS, Excel, Word, Active Directory Services, TCP/IP, virus definition files.
• Experienced with Sun, Unix hardware Sun E220, E3000/3500, E4500/6500, v280,440, 480 3800/4800/6800, E15K/E12K, T2000, Hp-ux 9000, Compaq Proliant Dl580/380/360, Compaq Smart Start Array Utility, RILOE