Sr. Storage Administrator Resume
San Jose, CA
SUMMARY
- Storage Administrator with over 7 Years of IT Industry experience including in SAN, NAS, Backup and Disaster recovery.
- Hands on Experience with NetApp Filers FAS 2040 and FAS 3240/3270, FAS 3210/3210, FAS 6040, FAS 6240 FAS 6280.managing volumes, Qtrees and Quotas. Experience on NetApp C - mode.
- Experience in administering, maintaining and troubleshooting of Enterprise Storage Arrays V-MAX, DMX-2/3/4, and midrange storage arrays VNX 5500/5700/7500 , EMC NS120/480/960, CX 4-120/480/960 , and also Brocade and Cisco FC Switches.
- Experienced in Zoning, Mapping, Masking, Meta creation, Device group creation, Continuous Data Protection (TimeFinder, Snapview), Continuous Remote Replication (SRDF, Mirrorview), and Remote Synchronous and Asynchronous Replication using SRDF-S and SRDF-A.
- Migrated hundreds of TB of data, using array based tools Open Replicator, SanCopy and using Host based tools Open Migrator and PPME.
- Experienced in migrating data from Symmetrix DMX to VMAX and CLARiiON to VMAX using both Hot-pull/push and Cold push/pull technology.
- Hands-on experience in configuring FASTVP in V-MAX with Enginuity 5876.
- Solid knowledge on VNX Block Storage Provisioning and Management, Configuring RAID Groups and LUNs, configuring storage pools and creating thick/thin LUNs, configuring metaLUNs, Configuring FAST-VP, Configuring FAST Cache.
- Experience with auto-provisioning in V-MAX and virtual provisioning in DMX-4, V-MAX storage array systems using SYMCLI, Symmetrix Management Console (UNISPHERE FOR VMAX).
- Expertise in storage provisioning, monitoring, reporting of EMC Symmetrix (including VMAX) and CLARiiON using ECC/IONIX, UNISPHERE FOR VMAX and Unisphere.
- Thorough knowledge in VNX Managing Host Access to File Storage, Configuring devices, interfaces, configuring a file system, exporting an NFS file system, configuring a CIFS server, Configuring CIFS features (Home Directory, Anti-virus, and File Extension Filtering).
- Hands on experience with EMC and NetApp management tools like Navisphere, ECC, UNISPHERE FOR VMAX, Snapview, snapshot/clone, Mirror View, Filerview, Snapmirror, SnapVault and PowerPath.
- Proficient in using Cisco Fabric Manager and Brocade WebTools / CLI.Experience and involvement in Installation, configuration and administration of PowerPath on UNIX and Windows servers for Path Failover and Load Balancing.
- Solid experience in identifying and analyzing technical issues and troubleshooting them.
- Supported 24X7 Production environments and supported on call duties.
- Experienced in Drafting the Data Center Audit reports and Performance reports.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Storage ArraysSymmetrix: VMAX 40K/ 20K/10K / DMX-4 / DMX-3 / DMX-2
VNX: VNX 7500, 5700, 5500, 5300 and VNXe
ClARiiON: CX600/CX700/ CX3-40/CX3-80/CX4-480
HP: EVA 4400, P6000
NetApp: FAS 6000 series, FAS 3200, FAS 3240, FAS 3070, FAS 3040FAS 3020, FAS 980, FAS 270
SAN Switches: Cisco MDS 9509, 9506, 9140 and 9120 and Brocade 48k / 00
Storage Technologies: SAN, NAS, CAS, DAS, TCP\IP, FCP, iSCSI, NFS & CIFS protocols Software EMC Solutions Enabler SYMCLI 7.0, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5 Data ONTAP 7-mode and c-mode, DFM and oncommand unified manager, WFA. EMC Symmetrix Management Console, Symmetrix Performance AnalyzerEMC Unisphere for VMAX with Performance AnalyzerEMC Unisphere for VNX Unified Administration EMC Navisphere Manager, NAVI SEC CLI EMC Connectrix Manager BROCADE CLI, BROCADE WEB TOOLSCISCO MDS CLI, CISCO FABRIC MANAGER, CISCO Device Manager. Powerpath and Powerpath VE
Storage Replication and Migration Tools: EMC Open ReplicatorEMC Open MigratorEMC Powerpath Migrations EnablerSRDF/S, SRDF/A, Timefinder Clone, BCV, VP SNAP SANCOPY, Vplex Data Mobility SnapMirror, SnapVault, snapDrive, robocopy, rsync.
Hardware: IBM P series / SUN SunFire / HP9000 series, Qlogic and Emulex HBAs.
Operating Systems: Windows 2k/2k3/2k8, Solaris 9/10
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, San Jose, CA
Sr. Storage Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Manage SAN and NAS storage environment. Performed Day to Day operations, troubleshooting, migrations, consolidations and leading storage projects.
- Implementation, administration and maintenance of high end storage arrays like NetApp FAS6080/6040,FAS 3270/3170/3070 , FAS3240/3140,FAS2040/2020,FAS270.
- NetApp C-Mode, 7-Mode, installation and configuration
- Migrating data from NetApp7-mode systems to Cluster mode.
- Involved in implementing installing NetApp OnCommand System Manager and unified manager.
- Performed Filer Installations, Upgraded Data ONTAP and firmware on filers, FC Switches and also installed and upgraded Operations Manager and OnCommand, DFM plugins and other hardware upgrades.
- Migrated around 100TB of storage from Netapp 3240 filer to VNX 5700.
- Installed and Uninstalled NetApp Data Fabric Manager on the different systems.
- Managed the CISCO UCS and created new interfaces using the service profiles and replicated the customer DMZ scenario on Vblock.
- Involved in Creating LUN’s and managing on ONTAP 7-mode and c-mode systems.
- Installed, Configured two FAS 3220 and Managed in Cluster mode.
- Experienced in creating vServers and creating protection polices to mirror data between source and destination FAS3220 NetApp systems.
- Implemented EMC’s virtualization solution by adding a VPLEX in a local configuration with a V-Max
- Performed the basic encapsulation of the V-Max LUNs on VPLEX as a part of implementing virtualization
- Experienced in managing VPLEX using VPLEX Management Console (GUI)
- Set up remote replication using SRDF/S and SRDF/A and local replications using TimeFinder/Clone.
- Troubleshoot day-to-day issues and coordinate with SA to resolve issues.
- Managed Core-Edge Cisco MDS (9513) fabric using Fabric Manager. Responsibilities involved, managing port allocations, zoning, unzoning, replacing failed hardware like SFPs and cables, troubleshooting link issues and monitoring health of the fabric.
- Working with the hardware vendor regarding several hardware issues and troubleshoot them for resolution.
- Allocation with Auto-provisioning by creating views, initiator groups, port groups and storage groups on VPLEX, VNX, VMAX using SMC 7.1.1 and Solution Enabler SYMCLI 7.1.1.
- Configured RecoverPoint Replication between two sites with CRR Configuration for Vmware.
- Configuration and maintaining RecoverPoint Consistency Groups and replication sets.
- Managing Pools, RAID Groups, Storage Groups, SanCopy and SnapView Sessions using Unisphere and NavisecCLI.
- Creating thin LUNs, binding them to pools and monitoring thin pools on VMAX system.
- Creating Initiator groups, Storage groups, port groups and Masking Views on VMAX using Unisphere and SYMCLI.
- Allocation in VPLEX environment and migration of VMWare ESX servers on Clariion.
- Configuration of Consistency Groups on VPLEX Metro and day-day administration.
- Zoning with VMAX, Vmware, and VPLEX on Cisco MDS Switches.
- Creating pools on VMAX, VNX-5500 and creating SnapView Snapshots and Clones.
- Creating Meta's on Clariion and Symmetrix systems and allocating them to the hosts.
- Creating NFS and CIFS shares and exporting them using Celerra Manager and CLI.
- Configured and Managed HBA aliases, zoning and zonesets using Device Manager and Fabric Manager on Cisco MDS 9513 switches.
Confidential, Lebanon, NJ
Enterprise Storage Division/Global Migrations Support
Responsibilities:
- Moved data between different devices or between different extents, while maintaining I/O access to the data using VPLEX.
- Migrated Logical volumes between any source and EMC storage with less disruption and highly automated using host based software Open Migrator/LM
- Actively involved in the design of the migration methods by discussing with system/database administrators and application owners.
- Migrated TB’s of data from old storages arrays like DMX-3/4, ClarionCX arrays to new VMAX and VNX Arrays using LVM/Open Migrator, Open Replicator, SRDF and PPME depending on the customer requirement.
- Implemented Time Finder /BCV for local replication to support the tape backups without impacting the production.
- Installed Solutions Enabler, SMAS-SMC/SPA, Unisphere for VMAX in Management stations and registered arrays for Performance data collection.
- Implemented SRDF/S, SRDF/A for disaster recovery.
- Installed Solutions Enabler, SMAS-SMC/SPA, Unisphere for VMAX in Management stations and registered arrays for Performance data collection.
- Involved in the implementation of current generation Brocade SAN products.
- Experienced with implementation and customization of monitoring features in Brocade SAN products, including Fabric Watch, and SNM.
Confidential, Trenton, SC
Sr. Storage Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Perform day-to-day NetApp operations and lead storage capacity projects and tech refresh migrations. Participate in project meeting, integrating legacy environments to strategic datacenters and business requirements gathering.
- Support of NetApp systems, ONTAP 7-mode and Cluster mode.
- Migrating data from NetApp7-mode systems to Cluster mode.
- Migrated 60TB data from Fileservers to NetApp FAS3240 (Cluster mode).
- Installed Cluster mode.8.2P6 on FAS3200\FAS 6000 series filers.
- Involved in implementing installing NetApp OnCommand System Manager and unified manager.
- Experienced in Creating CIFS shares, Junction paths, NFS mounts on FAS3200\FAS 6000 series systems.
- Involved in Creating LUN’s and managing on ONTAP 7-mode and c-mode systems.
- Involved in Configuring daily snapshots (7 Day retention).
- Experience in creating vServers and creating protection polices to mirror data between source and destination c-mode systems.
- Involved in configuring LIF’s, data LIF’s and port configurations.
- Involved in the evaluation of migration methods by discussing with system/database administrators and application owners.
- Analyzed and troubleshoot of filer, array and server related issues in the environment using Monitoring and Reporting Tools.
- NetApp C-Mode, 7-Mode, installation and configuration.
- NetApp (Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode, SnapMirror, SnapManager, Operations Manager DFM, OnCommand, SnapProtect).
- VMware (vSphere, SRM tools), Performed vmware vmotions and storage migrations.
- NetApp c-mode policy configurations, vserver creations, LIFS management.
- Transitioning existing FlexVol volumes from a 7G or 7-Mode controller to a virtual storage server (Vserver).
- Preserving Snapshot copies and storage efficiency in the volumes during transition.
- Migrated data from smaller LUN production data with lower performance SATA drives, low protection level to larger LUN high performance FC drives higher protection level within CLARiiON.
- Performed a detailed Storage Capacity Planning by collecting data using ECC Storage Scope reports to prepare the customer for Tech Refresh projects.
- Recovered Lost Storage Data using Snap Restore, Flex Clone, Snapmirror and Snap Vault.
- Created volume groups, logical volumes, imported and exported volume groups during open migration sessions.
- Troubleshoot Issues Encountered with SMBR and SME.
- Configured Brocade 4100, 4900, 48k switches using Brocade CLI, Web Tools by creating aliases, zones and configurations.
- Configured and allocated storage on EMC VMAX/40K/20K/10K, DMX-4/DMX-3, VNX 7500, 5700, 5500, 5300, CX3-80/CX using SYMCLI and NaviCLI.
- Implementing/Configuring VMAX 40K/20K/10K.
- Performed installation of Solutions Enabler v7.1.1 and Unisphere for VMAX with Performance analyzer on several UNIX and Windows management servers.
- Performed Auto-provisioning for VMAX by creating, initiator groups, port groups, storage groups and masking views using Unisphere FOR VMAX and Solution Enabler SYMCLI.
- Implemented Virtual Provisioning with Thin Pools providing oversubscription for applications with similar performance requirements from VMAX to hosts.
- Installed and configured the Unisphere Agent/CLI on UNIX and Windows Servers.
- Presented virtual volumes configured independently for each server using VPLEX.
- Moved data between different devices or between different extents, while maintaining I/O access to the data using VPLEX.
- Created file systems using NFS and CIFS protocol and exported them to UNIX clients and shared them to Windows clients respectively.
- Allocated storage to VMware ESX, ESXi server, Windows, HP/AIX/HP servers.
- Configured FAST-VP and FAST Cache in Storage arrays.
- Depending on the customer’s downtime acceptance, migrated data from DMX-3 to V-MAX, IBM FastT arrays to V-MAX using array based Open Replicator with Hot Pull or Cold Pull method.
- Migrated Logical volumes between any source and EMC storage with less disruption and highly automated using host based software Open Migrator/LM.
- Consolidated storage by migrating from CLARiiON CX 700 to higher capacity and improved throughput CLARiiON CX 4-120 using SAN copy.
- Implemented data migration of TBs of data using SANCOPY between CLARiiON arrays and between CLARiiON and Symmetrix, HP-EVA Storage arrays.
- Implemented and tested SRDF/A for selected high performance Tier 1 applications from DMX4 to V-MAX including creation of dynamic RA groups, dynamic RDF pairs and device groups.
- Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production data using TimeFinder Clone Emulation, Time Finder/Snap on VMAX.
- Troubleshooting critical issues including threshold optimization, server throughput, ports availability, meeting zoning requirements, one-path down, host not seeing storage management problems.
- Analyzed and Troubleshoot of Filer, Array and Server Related Issues in The Environment Using Monitoring and Reporting Tools.
- Migrated data from smaller LUN production data with lower performance SATA drives, low protection level to larger LUN high performance FC drives higher protection level within CLARiiON.
- Reporting and capacity planning on NAS and SAN environments.
Confidential, Providence, RI
Storage Management Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Configured and managed EMC VNX, VMAX and VPLEX.
- Implemented Unified storage with VNX created Homogeneous/Heterogeneous Pools, Created RAID protection, assigned Thin LUNs and Traditional LUNs to Pools.
- Configured FAST Cache and FAST VP in VNX Environment.
- Configured Snap view Snapshots, Snap view Clones and MirrorView S/A in VNX Series.
- Configured Initiator groups, Port groups, Storage groups and Masking views to allocate storage in a VMAX environment.
- Configured FAST, Virtual Pools and performed Auto provisioning for mapping and masking in VMAX Environment using SYMCLI / UNISPHERE FOR VMAX.
- Created Open Replicator Sessions using UNISPHERE FOR VMAX to perform migration from Clariion CX 3-80 to VMAX.
- Involved in configuring various VNX business continuity solutions.
- Performed configuration changes with ECC / SYMCLI.
- Involved in choosing best practices for storage systems like implementing data protection type of logical volumes.
- Migrated Data from NS480 to VNX5700 using SAN COPY and Open Migrator.
- Generating Historical Performance Reports for VNX 5500/5700/7500 storage arrays using Archive (NAR) Files in both Production and DR for troubleshooting purpose.
- Generating Capacity planning reports for VNX 5500 storage array for monitoring the growth of each Server for Budget planning.
- Provisioned block storage from VNX 5500/5700/7500 by registering hosts, Creating Storage Pools/Raid groups, Creating LUN, creating Storage Groups, and adding hosts to the storage group using Unisphere.
- Created aggregates/volumes/qtrees in a NetApp environment.
- Implementation, administration and maintenance of high end storage arrays like NetApp FAS6080/ 6040, FAS 3270/3170/3070 , FAS3240/3140, FAS2040/2020, FAS270, EMC Celerra NS120/480/960 and CLARiiON CX and VNX 5700 systems.
- Created and Configured RAID Groups, Storage Groups, Binding Luns, Naming, Resizing.
- Provisioned and Decommissioned storage from NetApp FAS and EMC Celerra.
- Installed new NetApp and EMC and implemented best practices.
- Perform various methods of data migration from NetApp to EMC and EMC to NetApp and providing the customer with practical methods in transferring large amounts of data to remote locations.
- Upgraded ONTAP from 7.3 to 8.0 on 200 NetApp systems during various weekend GZ.
- Supported Qtrees, creation and exports through NFS.
- Creating and administering aggregates, volumes, qtrees, FlexVols, FlexClones, Snapshots, Space Guarantee etc.
- NFS, CIFS migration using NetApp and host based tools (Robocopy, rsync, EMcopy, secure copy).
- Worked on Technology Refresh from old filers to new filers.
- Perform various methods of data migration from NetApp to EMC and EMC to NetApp and providing the customer with practical methods in transferring large amounts of data to remote locations.
- Provisioned and Decommissioned storage from NetApp FAS and EMC Celerra.
- Configuring SnapMirror, SnapReserve, allocating & de allocating shares to UNIX and Windows Clients from NetApp storage systems.
- Configured and Administered Open System SnapVault and SnapRestore for backup and restore operation in NetApp NAS Environment.
- Administer NAS Environment using DataFabric Operations Manager.
- Configured the replications using snapmirror on NetApp and Celerra on EMC Celerra and VNX.
- Collected and analyzed performance data using performance advisor from VMWare supported storage systems.
- Actively participate in the planning and implementation of storage and backup solutions.
- Problem determination and resolution including troubleshooting and submitting results reports to upper management and root cause analysis.
- Develop and maintain storage standards, procedures, policies, security etc.
Confidential
Data Storage Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Administered and maintained EMC VMAX, DMX-4, VNX, CLARiiON, 3par and XIV arrays.
- Installation and Administration of NetApp Storage. Creation of Aggregates, volumes and mapping of LUNs to Windows & UNIX hosts.
- Configure volumes for CIFS and NFS in NetApp NAS environment.
- Configure Snapshot schedule for volumes or aggregates on NetApp Filers.
- Choose the right RAID level for high performance and high availability on NetApp Filers.
- Configured VIFs and VLANS in NetApp Environment.
- Monitoring and forwarding Syslog messages on NetApp Filers.
- Backup and restore data from Tape Libraries using ndmpcopy, dump, restore in NetApp NAS Environment.
- Refreshed data using Snap Mirror whenever needed using snap mirror and snap shots.
- Responsible for infrastructure tasks including provisioning storage, connectivity issues, upgrades, and day-to-day issues and audits.
- Involved in configuring, administering zones/zone sets on Cisco, McDATA, Brocade switches using Fabric Manager, Connectrix Manager and Brocade Fabric Manager respectively.
- Configured FAST VP for migration targets as per best practices.
- Worked on Symmetrix V-max in Thin Provisioning, Virtualization and Auto provisioning.
- Used Open Replicator (Hot Pull & PPME) to migrate from DMX to VMAX.
- Configured, Created, push and pull sessions to migrate devices.
- Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX array to hosts by creating Data devices, thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devices to Pool and masking the Thin devices to the host, using Unisphere.
- 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).
- Created FAST TIERS policies, associated Storage groups to FAST Policies. Used SPA to monitor Symmetrix performance issues.
- Troubleshoot the SAN connectivity on different Operating Systems like Windows, VMware ESX, Linux and Solaris.
- Performed touch support work during the cabling that ran from servers to switch in the process of switch migration.
- Managing the trouble ticket queue, and responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, cabling and resolving routine issues like one-path-down, hosts not seeing storage, HBA failures, zoning/masking/storage allocation & performance issues etc.
- Configured Brocade 7800 switches for Long Distance Replication and migration of SAN between two different fabrics located at different datacenters. Created FCIP Trunking Circuits.
- Provided On Call Support & day-to-day troubleshooting SAN/NAS related issues.
- Working on the error tickets generated by system monitoring tools.
Confidential
Storage Operations Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Planned, commissioned and configures new VMAX and deployed all the agents for ECC administrators.
- Used Open Replicator software to execute data migration from existing DMX to new VMAX storage arrays and CLARiiON to VMAX arrays.
- Extensively worked on SymCLI to implement concurrent SRDF, Setup the SAN environment for migration, disaster recovery test procedures for V-MAX and successfully replicated the storage to the remote site using SRDF solutions (SRDF/S and SRDF/A).
- Implementation of Symmetrix V-max Thin Provisioning, FAST VP and Auto provisioning by creating initiators, storage groups and masking views in our environment.
- Implemented and maintained zoning, performed firmware upgrades, and integrated all SAN connected hosts on Brocade Directors using Fabric Manager and Cisco MDS switches using Fabric manager.
- Created Standard Operating Procedure documents, Run books for EMC Symmetrix V-Max’s Virtual Provisioning (VP), SRDF (S/A), HP Blade Servers and TimeFinder Mirror/Clone.
- Used tools like Navisphere Analyzer, SPA, ECC Performance Manager, HEAT reports to analyze performance issues.
- Daily administration and maintenance on Celerra integrated and gateway models and VNX (file & block) level arrays.
- Storage provisioning on both VNX and Celerra by creating file systems, quotas; NFS exports.
- Configured CIFS server and created CIFS shares for Windows and Linux servers.
- Configured Standby Data movers for the Primary Data movers on VNX and Celerra arrays.
- Installed NetApp NAS clusters for production systems.
- Created Aggregates, Volumes, Luns and Qtrees, Quotas, Snap Vault and snapshots and Snap Mirroring and restored files from Snapshots.
- Migrated data’s from EMC Boxes to NetApp Filers.
- Configured NFS / CIFS on NetApp NAS Filer servers.
- Troubleshoot day-to-day problems on SAN/ NAS.
- Installed new Symmetrix DMX 2000 and implemented rule 17 for mapping as best practice.
- Provisioned storage to Solaris and Windows servers and assign storage according to business requirements.
- Troubleshoot and resolve storage-related performance issues.
- Create and document best practices and standards where non-existent
- Perform capacity planning of SAN devices.
- Recovery of corrupted/backup data from NFS and CIFS file systems from the checkpoints.
- Backend storage allocation to the Celerra’s from CLARiiON and creation of pools and their maintenance.
- Involved in the migration of NS40 to NS700 and NS80 to VNX Series: data mover pre-migration checks, creating Virtual data mover and data mover failovers; cleanup of the Celerra box to be decommissioned.
- Configured and Tested Data Mover Failover configuration during the implementation test.
- Implement Virtual Data Movers.
- Created CIFS servers on VDMs and joined them to the Domain.
- Used snap sure to create point-in-time image of production file systems and also provide online access to historical data from clients. Also used it as a source for backups.
Confidential
NetApp Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Experienced in troubleshooting problems logged by the client users in day-to-day operations of the business and providing complete technical support for the client
- Worked on the issues if any in the filers.
- Performed filer failover activity successfully in production twice.
- Created Volumes, Luns from console and also boot Lun for the servers using image.
- Performed daily activities and checks on the NetApp FAS3020 and FAS3070 Filers.
- Administered Luns and snapshots using Snapdrive.
- Restored Luns in case of any corruption using lun clone.
- Configured snapmirror.
- Using Snapmirror moved data from filer to filer.
- Configured snapmanager for SQL for taking database snapshots.
- Worked with the offshore storage team to ensure that volume configuration is as per standards.
- Configured scripts for taking the snapshots on the server and also fix them if there are any issues with the current one.
- Configured scripts for taking the snapshots on the server and also fix them if there are any issues with the current one.
- Used DFM to collect Reports.
- Prepared Capacity report on monthly basis.
- Created implementation plan for planned and unplanned infrastructure changes and implemented successfully.
- Upgraded the firmware whenever required.
- Interacted with the Onsite team if their involvement is required.
- Involved in maintaining DR setup.
Confidential
System Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of more than 20 servers & 250 Workstations. Servers included are FTP server, SQL server, IIS server, Exchange Server, Domain server, Print server, VPN server, Linux server, VMware ESX server .
- Installing and administrating of EMC Storage arrays CX 500/600.
- Installation, configuration & maintenance of Cisco 2800 router/2960/2950 switches & 1240AG Access point for WLAN and Lease line management.
- Performed patch management and installing third party software.
- Installed and configured TSM server and installed TSM agents in most of the workstations.
- Created and modify backup policy creation and Restore Operations.
- Monitored and troubleshooting all the Net backup jobs from the Activity monitor.
- Created RAID (RAID 0, 1, 5) and RAID groups on EMC storage arrays.
- Performed addition of new storage space to servers, increasing the existing storage space and maintaining the Fabric’s.
- Adding new storage includes creation of new LUN’s, storage groups, binding LUN’s and making the storage volume available to the server’s by zoning the Fabric.
- Created and configured volumes using Solaris volume manager (SVM) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM).
- Performed Performance monitoring, file system management and performed security audit.
- Maintenance of Data Storage devices for Backup & Data Collection like IBM 3590/3480/3490 , Fujitsu 3480.
- Prepared Business continuity and DR Process for the company.
- Installation, configuration & maintenance of DNS, DHCP, RIS, Active Directory.
- Given Remote support for managing and troubleshooting server using Putty, Telnet, Remote desktop, VNC.
- Created documents for Backup procedures, Schedules, Failures and plan for improvement of backup strategies.