SUMMARY

• SAN and Storage Administrator possessing over 7.5 years of IT experience on high end storage arrays EMC Symmetrix V - MAX, DMX-2/3/4, midrange storage arrays like VNX 5500/5700, Clariion CX4, CX3 series, SAN, Backup and Disaster recovery, Brocade DCX/48k and Cisco 9513 and 9509 directors.
• Extensive knowledge on implementing NetApp (7 Mode & CDOT) products.
• Expertise in implementing business continuity solutions using various migration and replication tools like SnapView Snapshot/Clone, SAN Copy, Snapmirror and Snapvault.
• 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.
• 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, Virtual LUN Migration, Configuring FAST-VP, Configuring FAST Cache.
• Good knowledge SnapView Snapshots/Clone/SnapSure and MirrorView S/A.
• 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).
• Experience with auto-provisioning in V-MAX and virtual provisioning in DMX-4, V-MAX storage array systems using SYMCLI, Symmetrix Management Console (SMC).
• Expertise in storage provisioning, monitoring, reporting of EMC Symmetrix (including VMAX) and CLARiiON using ECC/IONIX, SMC and Unisphere.
• Experienced in writing the Data Center Audit reports and Performance reports.
• Expertise in allocating storage from NetApp NAS FAS 3200 series, FAS 6200 series filers, managing volumes, Qtrees and Quotas.
• Hands on experience with EMC and NetApp management tools like Navisphere, ECC, SMC, Snapview snapshot/clone, Mirror View, Filerview, Snapmirror, SnapVault and PowerPath.
• Experience in installing, configuring and administration of Cisco and Brocade switches and fabric management.
• Expertise in implementing business continuity solutions using various migration and replication tools like SnapView Snapshot/Clone, SAN Copy, Snapmirror and Snapvault.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Systems: Symmetrix V-Max, DMX-2/3/4, CLARiiON VNX 5700, 5500, 5300, Clariion CX4, CX3 series

Storage Technologies: SAN, NAS, CAS, DAS, TCP\IP, FCP, iSCSI, NFS & CIFS protocols

SAN Software: SYMCLI 6.x/7.x, SMC 6.x/7.x, ECC 6.x, Unisphere and NaviSphere Manager, NaviSecCLI, Brocade CLI, Web Tools, Fabric Manager, Cisco CLI, Cisco Device Manager, Fabric Manager, Data ONTAP, SnapMirror, SnapVault, SyncMirror, snapDrive, SnapManager,filer view

Networking: SAN, NAS, DAS, NFS, Auto FS, NIS, DNS, LAN, WAN, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, TCP/IP, DHCP.

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Solaris 10/9/8, Red Hat Linux 5 and DATA ONTAP

Programming: Basic shell-scripting, C, C#, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Worked in administrating, maintaining and troubleshooting EMC Symmetrix VMAX 40k, 20k, DMX, VNX and Clariion series.
• Experience in deployment and implementation of Remote replication techniques and disaster recovery solutions using SRDF/S/A, and Recover point on VMAX, and Mirror View/S/A, Recover Point SE on VNX arrays using Unisphere.
• Implementation, administration and maintenance of high end storage arrays like NetApp FAS6080/6040,FAS 3270/3170/3070 , FAS3240/3140,FAS2040/2020,FAS270,EMCCelerra NS120/480/960 and Clariion CX and VNX 5700 systems.
• Performed ONTAP Upgrades & Hands-on experience with 7-Mode to C-DOT.
• Create, configure, and manage CIFS & NFS shares, quotas, groups, and permissions for VNXe & NetApp filers
• Good exposure on HOST and ARRAY based migrations Power Path Migration Enabler, Open Migrator and array based SAN Copy and Open Replicator using Unisphere or Symcli.
• Involved in implementing installing NetApp OnCommand System Manager & Experienced in Creating CIFS shares NFS mounts on FAS3220 systems.
• Involved in Creating LUN’s and igroups on FAS3220 Cluster mode systems & Involved in configuring daily snapshots (7 Day retention).
• Implemented vMotion and Storage vMotion to migrate live data stores and live virtual machines in VMware environment.
• Configured and Administered Open System SnapVault and SnapRestore for backup and restore operation in Netapp NAS Environment.
• Experienced in implementing FAST-DP and FAST-VP in VMAX and FAST in VNX and Clariion arrays running with FLARE 30 and also configuring Fast Cache on VNX and CX4.
• Solid experience in implementing EMC Business Continuity solutions using Time Finder Clone/Mirror/Snap on VMAX, DMX through SYMCLI, Unisphere and Snap View/Snap Mirror using Navisphere for Clariion.
• Used SnapView Snapshots and Clones to mirror data to secondary hosts.
• Implemented Block Provisioning (Standard and Thin) techniques on VMAX, DMX through Symcli, Unisphere, ECC, and for Clariion using Navisphere, NaviCLI tools.
• Hands on experience in administering FILE provisioning CIFS and NFS in VNX through Unisphere.
• Monitoring and reporting the customer storage infrastructure using EMC tools SRM 2.0, SPA, ECC and Unisphere performance tool.
• Implemented Zoning technology on both Cisco and Brocade based Switches and Directories using Web tools, Fabric Manager, DCFM and Cisco/Brocade CLI.

Environment: VMAX 40k, 20k, DMX 3,VNX5300, VNX5400, VNX 5500, VNX5700, VNX 5800, VNXe, CX-4, Power Path, Brocade 300,4100,4900,5000,5100,5300,6505 Switches, Cisco 9124,9134,9148 switches.

Confidential, Sparks, MD

Responsibilities:

• Allocated and Provisioned storage from VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 arrays to Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX, VMware servers.
• Performed installation of Solutions Enabler v7.1.1 and SMC 7.1.1 on several UNIX and Windows management servers.
• Perform day-to-day NAS NetApp operations at client site. Participate in project meeting, integrating legacy environments to strategic datacenters and business requirements gathering.
• Migrated Data from 60TB from Fileservers to NetApp FAS3220
• Experienced in creating vServers and creating protection polices to mirror data between source and destination FAS3220 NetApp systems.
• Involved in configuring LIF’s, data LIF’s and port configurations.
• Performed Auto-provisioning for VMAX by creating, initiator groups, port groups, storage groups and masking views using SMC and Solution Enabler SYMCLI.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning with Thin Pools providing oversubscription for applications with similar performance requirements from VMAX to hosts.
• Created and configured CIFS Shares, NFS Mounts, Quotas, Groups and Permissions on NetApp NAS
• Implemented Thin 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 SMC 7.0.
• 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
• Worked on Qtree Security style issues like providing same Qtree to both NTFS and UNIX users.
• 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 Fast 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
• 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
• 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
• Based on the analysis, implemented a disaster recovery solution between DMX-4 and V-MAX based New York and New Jersey data centers located in same metro area using SRDF/S and SYMCLI
• Implemented Business Continuity solutions for production data using TimeFinder Clone Emulation, Time Finder/Snap on V-MAX.
• Troubleshooting critical issues including threshold optimization, server throughput, ports availability, meeting zoning requirements, one-path down, host not seeing storage management problems.

Environment: FAS3220,EMC Clariion CX 3-80, Symmetrix DMX 1000, /2000/3000/DMX3, CLARiiON CX-4,VMAX-10K/20K, EMC NAS 40G,SAN Manager, VMWARE, Qlogic HBAs, Cisco MDS 9120 switches, IBM 3583 tape library, Microsoft Windows 2000/2003, Celerra Manager, ECC 5.2, Navisphere Manager, Storage scope, Veritas NetBackup, Brocade Switches, Snapview clone, powerpath.

Confidential - Bedford, NH

Responsibilities:

• Allocated storage using Auto-provisioning feature of VMAX by creating storage groups, port groups, initiator groups and masking views using Symcli 7.X and SMC 7.X.
• Implemented Virtual/Thin Provisioning from V-MAX/DMX-4 to hosts by using Symcli and SMC.
• Used SRDF/A for setting up Disaster Recovery between VMAX to VMAX and enabled consistency at the Device Groups. Created Dynamic RDF groups and RDF devices in order to implement SRDF/A.
• Implemented and Configured Business Continuity Solutions TimeFinder Mirror/Clone/ Snap for Symmetrix DMX and VMAX.
• Actively involved in the design of the migration methods by discussing with system/database administrators and application owners.
• Installed NETAPP NAS clusters for production systems.
• Centralizing /Automating Global NAS Saving Reports (ASIS, Compression, Over Commitment)
• Volume to volume/qtree-qtree/ndmpcopy. Network- Riverbeds.BW analysis.
• Managing Storage infrastructure which included NetApp FAS series (900's, 3000's, 6000's, Nearstore R200's) in Clustered Highly Availability (HA) configuration.
• Managing NFS exports and CIFS shares.
• Migrated terabytes of data from several DMX/CX/IBM arrays to V-MAX using Open Replicator and Open Migrator.
• Worked with Power Path Migration Enabler (PPME) in migrating Windows servers from DMX 4 to VMAX.
• Configured Snap Vault on NetApp filer for disk based backup & NDMP for Tape Backup.
• Based on the EMC support matrix, updated required patches (Operating System) and HBA drivers on all systems that are part of the data migration.
• Extensively worked on creating new and updating the existing storage Documentation.
• Allocated storage to VMware ESX, Linux, Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris servers.
• Provisioned storage from CLARiiON CX4-480/960 for different servers using Navisphere manager.
• Implemented disaster recovery solution MirrorView/A/S for remote replication between CLARiiON CX4-480/960 and CX3-80.
• Configured Snap Mirror on NetApp filer for Data Replication to remote/local sites.
• Implemented thin provisioning on CLARiiON CX4 arrays using Navisphere Manager.
• Setup alerts for monitoring of thin pools usage on both CLARiiON and VMAX and expanded the pools accordingly.
• Administration of NS 480/ NS 704 NAS Celerra systems including creation of file systems, exporting and mounting CIFS/NFS shares and configuring network interfaces.
• Setup and configured new Celerra NS 480 and migrated CIFS/NFS and ISCSI data from old NS 704 to NS 480 using migration tool Celerra Replicator.
• Adding NAS file systems to Net backup policies and monitoring backup status.
• Configured and integrated iSCSI with EMC Celerra NAS for SQL and Exchange environments.
• Familiar with recently released Unisphere for configuring and managing Celerra NAS systems and CLARiiON arrays.
• Create, configure, and manage CIFS & NFS shares, quotas, groups, and permissions.
• Responsible for performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and maintaining high availability as per EMC best practices.
• Fulfilled daily activities and checked on the NetApp FAS3020 and FAS3070 Filers.
• Discovered VMAX, DMX, CLARiiON, Switches and Hosts in the ECC Console.
• Involved in the installation and configuration of ECC 6.1 and took care of installing the agents for the hosts in the production.
• Installed and Administered NetApp Storage. Creation of Aggregates, volumes and mapping of LUNs to Windows hosts.
• Installed PowerPath on different servers for load balancing and failover.
• Performed installation of Solutions Enabler 7.1.1 and Symmetrix Management Console version 7.1.1
• Involved in migrating the SAN environment from old switches to the latest Director Class switches. Migrated the SAN environment from Brocade 48K switches to Cisco MDS 9513 and Cisco 9509 directors.
• Configured Cisco switches by creating VSAN’s, Port Channel, TE ports and zoning.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix DMX-1000, DMX-3000, DMX-4, CLARiiON 400, CX600/CX700, NetApFAS 3040 and FAS 3020, Celerra NS501G, NS700, Legato Networker, NFS, NIS, DNS, Shell Scripts, Emulex HBAs, Qlogic HBAs, Brocade, McData and Cisco switches, QLogic 9600/9202,PowerPath.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring and Troubleshooting FAS3200 Series NetApp Filers.
• Monitoring and Administration of FAS3240/FAS3270 Filers
• Created aggregates/volumes/qtrees in a NetApp environment.
• Managed protection manager, provisioning manager and operations manager for automation monitoring and reporting purposes
• Troubleshooting issues in the environment by working with the NetApp Customer support
• Provisioned Storage for VMware.
• Troubleshooting issues encountered with virtual storage console.
• Installed Snap Manager For Exchange.
• Installed Single Mail Box Recovery.
• Troubleshooting Issues Encountered with SMBR and SME.
• Troubleshooting Issue with CIFS and NFS Performance.
• Troubleshooting Issue with Upgrade of Disk Firmware.
• Upgraded Data ONTAP Version From 8.0.2 to 8.0.2P1.
• Upgraded Data ONTAP Version From 7.3.4P3 to 8.0.2P2.
• Upgrade of Disk and Bios Firmware.
• Decommissioned NetApp Filer (FAS3140).
• Managing Storage infrastructure which included NetApp FAS series (900's, 3000's, 6000's, Nearstore R200's) in Clustered Highly Availability (HA) configuration.
• Managing NFS exports and CIFS shares.
• Setup CIFS on NetApp NAS Filer servers.
• Troubleshooting issues with Service Processor (SP) and Auto Support.
• Used Data Fabric Manager and other tools to ensure system stability and monitoring.
• Worked with NetApp Snap Drive.
• Implemented Snap Vault Technology in to the environment for disk to disk Backup
• Implemented Snap Mirror Technology to Migrate Data to DR Location.
• Provided Point in Time images of Volumes and Qtrees using Snapshot Technology.

Environment: CLARiiON CX3 -80, CX4-240, NetApp FAS3020 and FAS3070, CX700, CLARiiON, EMC Control Center, Networker, snapview, SAN COPY, mirrorview, NAS, Powerpath, Brocade fabric switches, Timefinder, BCV, Veritas Netbackup.

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• The scope of work involves storage provisioning, fabric administration in EMC high end and mid-range storage environment including DMX-3/4, CLARiiON VNX, CX-3/4, Brocade DCX and Cisco 9513 switches.
• Allocated and Provisioned storage from VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 arrays to Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX, VMware servers.
• Performed installation of Solutions Enabler v7.1.1 and SMC 7.1.1 on several UNIX and Windows management servers.
• Performed Auto-provisioning for VMAX by creating, initiator groups, port groups, storage groups and masking views using SMC and Solution Enabler SYMCLI.
• Implemented Virtual Provisioning with Thin Pools providing oversubscription for applications with similar performance requirements from VMAX to hosts.
• Implemented Thin 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 SMC 7.0.
• Installed and configured the Unisphere Agent/CLI on UNIX and Windows Servers.
• Implemented storage provisioning from NS 480 NAS Celerra systems.
• 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 Enginuity arrays.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix DMX-1000, DMX-3000, DMX-4, CLARiiON 400, CX600/CX700, NetApp FAS 3040 and FAS 3020, Celerra NS501G, NS700, NFS, Emulex HBAs, Qlogic HBAs, Brocade, McData and Cisco switches, QLogic 9600/9202,PowerPath.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Checked the storage critical events
• Administration of Netapp NAS cluster.
• Controlled and monitored network interface.
• Management of SAN environment composed of IBM DS4000 storage subsystems and 4 node IBM SAN Volume Controler cluster. SAN has more than 200 terabytes of data.
• Management of Brocade SAN switches in dual fabric configuration.
• Configured and troubleshoot of Snap Mirror Environment.
• Congigured and troubleshoot of Snap Vault Environment.
• LUN management (LUN creation, LUN snapshots, manual and automatic group management).
• Setup and troubleshoot of Filer environment.
• Setup and troubleshoot of NFS, CIFS & SAN environment.
• Storage remediation like HBA driver and firmware upgrade.
• Performing deduplication of volumes.
• Volume resize, aggregate disk add and LUN resize.
• Alias, zoning configuration for the servers connected in FC environment in brocade switch.
• Managing the reports using operation manager.
• Create, expand aggregate, volume, Qtrees for NAS environments, LUN’s, Igroups for SAN environment’s and also reclamation of LUN’s and SAN ports.

Environment: FAS 2020/3070/3140 , NetApp FAS 3040 and FAS 3020, Celerra NS501G, NS700, Legato Networker, NFS, NIS, DNS, Networker, snapview, SAN COPY, K-Shell and NaviCLI, mirrorview, NAS, Powerpath, Netbackup.

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• The work involves the establishment of LAN connectivity across 5 laboratories, setting up software applications using License managers and administration of Cisco routers and switches.
• Experienced in design, installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN networks using Cisco routers and switches.
• Strong understanding of Internet technologies like TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS, SSL.
• Experienced in installing, configuring and maintaining of Application servers, Web servers and FTP servers.
• Administered Windows 2003 Active Directory.
• Proficient in Windows NT and Linux server operating systems.
• Setup of three Windows NT servers, which are configured with the license managers of many software applications.
• Configured Cisco Routers for better connectivity.
• Maintained connectivity between five laboratories, which are connected through VPN tunnels.

Environment: Windows server 2003, Linux, Cisco Routers & Switches.