Mohammad Abbas

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SENIOR WINDOWS & VMWARE ADMINISTRATOR

My Career in a brief is " 7+ years of challenges, not only Technical but

career challenges also, which learned me analytics power, achieving

ambitions, closing the gap between personal skills and professional skills,

focusing and applying business goals with valuable vision, where these are

an added value to the Business ".

AN OVERVIEW

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< As a Windows Administrator with 7+ years of experience including VMware

vSphere- global virtualization and storage networking infrastructure.

< Experience in designing, deploying virtual networks and upgrading

systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and

peripheral equipment.

< Experience on Active Directory, GPO's, DHCP, DNS, File & Print Server,

IIS (Web Server), Implementing and Upgrading windows 2008 R2 domain

controllers.

< Experience on Windows 2003/2008 Cluster administration and service

monitoring

< Experience in Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012. 2012

R2 base Servers at single and multi domain platforms.

< Motivated, enthusiastic, and pro-active Windows Administrator with an

excellent\'can-do\'attitude. Expert in Windows Server System

Administration skills.

< Experience in with Virtualization technologies like installing,

configuring, VMware vSphere. Creation, management, administration and

maintenance of virtual servers and clients.

< Backing up VM servers & Active directory using TSM & VERITAS and VEEM

Backup

< Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and

DRS.

< Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter / Plate Spin

6.8.x. Creating host and client VM templates and cloning.

< Strong communication and people skills, both written and verbal. Able to

assess and resolve client issues quickly. A proven record of reliability,

the ability to perform under time constraints, and good judgment under

pressure.

< Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and

Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player with

excellent organizational and analytical skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES & PROJECTS

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< VMware : VMware Vsphere 3.5/ 4.1/5.0/5.1, ESX Server 3.5/5.0/5.1 VMware

DRS, HA and FT, VMware Standalone Converter 3.0, VMware Update Manager

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< Operating System : Windows Server 2008/ 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003/

2003R2.

< Application Servers : Microsoft Active Directory 2003/2008,DHCP, DNS,

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0/7.0, TEM patching

server.

< Backup Solutions : VMware VCB and VEEM backup

CAREER CONTOUR

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Dec'2012 to Present IBM-India - Senior Windows & VMware Administrator

Company Profile: IBM Software Group is the largest middleware company in

the world with product offerings spanning its five brands: Web Sphere,

Information Management, Lotus, Tivoli, and Rational. The company deals

with Application Servers, Databases, Development Tools, Content

Management, Systems Management, Autonomic Computing and is a leader in

servers and Storage Systems globally.

Notable Credits:

Administering VMware Infrastructure: (3 geographically distributed DCs,

100+ ESXi hosts, 900+ VMs, Windows Servers). Configuring and managing

VMware technologies like vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, DRS, SDRS,

Experienced in P2V, V2V VCOPs, vDS, Update Manager, Deploy, manage, and

migrate virtual machines. Troubleshooting issues related to performance.

Optimizing resource utilization. Assessing new project/VM requirements,

sizing, provisioning, etc. Work with service/server owners to assess and

optimize server performance to meet their performance requirements.

Administering Windows Servers. Worked on Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 and

Windows Server 2012. 2012 R2. Windows Server Clustering, Patch Management,

troubleshooting and support.

Experienced in ITIL Framework, Service Lifecycle Management, Incident

Management, Change Management, Problem Management and Knowledge Management.

Also familiar with Service Management tools like BMC Remedy and IBM Maximo.

< Provision VMware Data store's and configure storage for Virtual Machines

< Configured storage LUNs for VMFS and raw disk mappings (RDM's)

< Works on Windows 2003 /2008/2012 AD, DNS,DHCP Environment. Windows

2003/2008 Cluster administration and service monitoring

< Using VMware vCenter, created Data Center Environment by creating VMware

clusters, adding ESX hosts in the clusters, and implemented HA and

DRS.

< Performed physical to virtual (P2V) migrations for approximately 500

physical servers utilizing VMware Converter.

< Installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware View

< Performed tons of V2V Migration

< Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines

< Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches

< Excellent experience with VMware update manager to install patches and

updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines

< Working with VMware support team for new implementation and escalated

issue .

< Working Private Cloud - fully hosted through Vsphere 4.1

< Administration of 900+ windows server and remote location data centers

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May' 2011 -Nov'2012: Mobily InfoTech - India as Senior Windows

Administrator

Company Profile: Mobily InfoTech is offshore IT company of Mobily KSA,

Mobily is the fastest growing mobile communications and technology

provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Notable Credits:

< Administrating DNS, DHCP servers. Created and managed user and group

accounts in User Manager.

< Experienced with x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like rack-

mounted servers, tower servers,

< Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users

and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our

LAN and Domain environment.

< Installed & configured Windows 2008 with Active Directory service.

< Installing, configuring, administering, troubleshooting VMware server on

ESX platform and VMware client, workstation.

< Excellent understanding of SAN, NAS storage architecture.

< Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support &

troubleshooting client's issues.

< Troubleshoot and monitored network using SNMP and Solar winds network

monitoring tools.

< Connecting to ESX server by using VIC, putty and Web access.

< Exchange 2010/2007Server Administration and Troubleshooting

< Administering mailbox Server, hub Transport Server and other server roles

< Managing Mailboxes, Moving Mail boxes, Managing Distribution groups

< Exchange Database management, Defragmentation.

< Managing and maintaining Exchange Transport role,mail box permission

< Managing message size and Recipient limits, Message tracking and Queue

viewer

< Black Berry Server 4.1 and 5.01 Administration, user activity,monitoring

service and loges

< Microsoft OCS Server Configuration and Administration.

< Support for Hardware, Operating Systems, Software Supports for IBM Blade

Server Module and HP Servers in Data Center.

< Enterprise Vault 8.0 and 9.0 Administrations. archive task,reports,

MMSQ and dtrace

< TSM backup and restore windows server side, Database backup,SQLTDP,windows Oracle TDP, VCB backup, and Knowledge of Veeam backup

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Aug' 2007 - May'2011: Origin ITFS- Chennai, as a System Administrator &

Network Consultation Engineer

Notable Credits:

< Installing, configuring and Windows 2003 servers of DHCP, FTP, WSUS, Web

Server and SQL Database Server.

< Creating and managing the users, groups, GPO in the Active Directory.

< Installation and Configuration of networks, router configuration and

wireless access point/router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content

Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches, VLANs (port mapping,

naming etc.), and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN and wireless

networks.)

< Investigated user problems, determined possible solutions, oversaw

software, installation and upgrades.

< Creating a backup job and also took backup of data centre on daily,

weekly and monthly basis.

< Implementing Updates and Patches for Operating Systems and Antivirus

< Management of network and providing support for clients

< Installation and configuration of various applications used for software

testing, Development

< Network Printers Configuration

< Experience in handling Remote support Tools like, RDP and Dam ware

CERTIFICTIONS

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MCSE - Microsoft Certified System Engineer

Microsoft Certified Exchange Server 2007

ITIL Foundation Training by IBM

Advance Technology on Active Directory Training by MOBILY INFOTECH

CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate

Completed training in VMware Infrastructure

SCHOLASTICS

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OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD, A.P. INDIA

B.Com.Computers - 2004

PERSONAL DOSSIER

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DATE OF BIRTH: MAY 10, 1980 + GENDER: MALE + MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED +

NATIONALITY: INDIAN + LANGUAGES KNOWN: ENGLISH, HINDI & TELUGU

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