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OBJECTIVE
To be part of a corporate environment that allows continuous
self-development through a high value addition process to the company
and its clientele, complimenting my expertise in the field of
Information Technology gained over the years Technical
Skills:
SUMMARY VMware ESX
Server
Highly adaptable System Administrator with over 10+ years of experience. 2.x/3.x/vSphe
re /ESXi,
3+ years of experience in Architect, Design & implement VMWare VMware
Virtualization Solution. Virtual
Extensive knowledge in VMware ESX Server, VirtualCenter, VMware Center
P2V/Converter. 1.x/2.x/4.x,
Experience in designing VMware View solutions and implementing VDI.
Experience with VMWare SRM. VMware
Experience with VMware LAB Manager. P2V/Converter
Experience with VMWare Capacity Planner. ,
Experience in designing High Available centric solution. VMware VDI,
Experience in handling large server, fast evolving environment. VMware SRM,
Extensive hands on experience with HP Blade infrastructure, Including VMware
Virtual Connect, Flex-10, 10G Mezzanine cards. DRS/HA,
Extensive hands on experience with Dell, IBM and HP hardware, including VMware
Blade infrastructure. vMotion
Configured Redhat Clustering on RHEL5.x Serves for shared filesystem VMware
access across nodes. Workstation
Strong technical design skills, troubleshooting, effective communication 4.x/5.x/6.x/7
skills, strong technical and business acumen, service orientation, and .x,
attention to detail. VMware Server
1.0/2.0,
EXPERIENCE VMware
ThinApps,
Sr. Virtualization Consultant VMware GSX
November 2008 - Present Server,
McKesson Host
Profiles,
Profile: Design and deploy VMware virtualization solutions using Redhat Virtual
Linux, Microsoft Windows across various new product development groups Switch,
and support new product deployment. Distributed
Virtual
Responsibilities: Switch,
Architect, Design, Implement VMware ESX Server 3.5/vSphere and Virtual Guest VLAN
Center 2.5/4.0 with 800+ VMs. tagging,
Configure ESX 3.5/4.0 Clusters, network and FC, NFS storage.
Configure vMotion, EVC, HA, DRS on ESX Clusters. Redhat
vMotion / Storage vMotion of VMs. Enterprise
Securing Virtual environment. Linux 4.x/5.x
Create and maintain Template Repository. (x86, x64 &
Design security guidelines around Virtual environment. IA64)
P2V'ed 50+ servers using VMware Converter, Manual conversions of Linux SuSE
servers( Clone Physical LUN to a VMDK and rebuild initrd.img) Enterprise
Deploy RHCS, VERITAS Cluster for shared filesystem access across Linux,
machines in both Physical and Virtual Environment. OpenFiler
Architect HA-SAMBA services, (Samba3, CTDB, GFS2, round-robin DNS) Apache/IIS,
Developed procedure and Migrated RHEL 5.x standard installation to Squid, DNS,
Multipath Installation. DHCP, SMTP,
Architect Upgrading process from VMware ESX 3.x/VC2.x environment to POP, HTTP,
VMware vSphere. PXE,
Assist application deployment. FTP,TFTP,
Maintained Lab Environment for Development/QA team for various TCPIP,
application development, using VMware Lab Manager. LDAP,NFS,
Configure Samba, NFS, vsFTPd, Apache, SSL, Tomcat, Jboss, MySQL, and SAMBA,
various opensource products. Sendmail,
Maintain DNS, DHCP, PXE Boot server, LDAP a/c administration. Bash iSCSI,
Architect HP c7000 enclosures deployment. (18 Blade enclosures) SCSI, RAID,
Deploy BL460c, 280c, 680c, 860c and 870c blades in c7000 enclosures. MSSQL
Install and configure Virtual Connect, VC Flex10 Modules, VC 4GB FC 2000/2005,
modules. Oracle
Firmware upgrade on OA, Virtual Connect, and Blades servers. 9i/10g,
Configure Virtual Connect profiles, Virtual Connect & OA Management. GFS2,LVM2,
Responsible for Datacenter Migration from Dubuque, IA to Atlanta, GA. VLAN, Windows
VMware ESX, Linux, Windows, HP-UX, Sun Solaris server were part of XP, Windows
datacenter migration. 2003/R2,
Install and configure of various OpenSource solution and homegrown Windows
applications in HA environment. 2008/R2,
Install & Configure RHEL 4.x/5.x, CentOS 4.x/5.x, Windows 2003/R2, Windows 7,
Windows 2008/R2. Norton Ghost,
Install & Configure ForeSite products on Windows 2003R2 VMs. nLite,
Install & Configure RHCS and MSCS in VMware VMs to provide HA for Windows PE,
machine critical applications and resources. MS Office,
Install & Configure Oracle 9i/10g on Linux, Windows. Oracle client on SysInternal
Windows, Linux, HP-UX Tools,
Install & Configure MSSQL 2000/2005, standalone and in cluster, VirtualConnec
configure DSN for data access. t, OA, c7000
Enclosure,
Sr. Support Engineer. Flex-10, OVO
June 2004 - August 2008 monitoring,
VMware Inc
Profile: Responsible for deploying and configuring Virtual
Infrastructure for various departments of the organization and support Certification
both internal and external customers with planning and deploying Virtual s:
Infrastructure.
VCP 2 / 3 / 4
Responsibilities:
Architect, Design, Implement and maintain VMware ESX 2.x, 3.x / Virtual
Center 1.x, 2.x servers.
Worked in an environment hosting 600+ physical servers, primarily used
for QA environment.
Create, Configure and maintain Virtual Machines, Install Guest Operating
Systems like Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and Novell Netware.
Configure vLAN for Virtual Machines, Service Console and VMkernel
networks.
Recover lost VMFS2 and VMFS3 volumes. Reconstruction of lost VMFS
spanned volumes.
VMotion configuration & troubleshooting.
Guest OS template creation and User Account Management.
Install opensource application like Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Squid Proxy,
Sendmail, DNS, DHCP and NAGIOS.
Good knowledge of SAN Integration for VMware ESX server, SAN concepts
like topologies, switch zoning (soft & hard), LUN masking on SAN Storage
devices, LUN creation and Storage Management.
Configure DRS, HA & Resource Pools in ESX 3.x.
Configure ESX 3.x servers to use iSCSI & NAS storage.
Configure and manage VCB backup proxy server.
Backup & Restore management of Virtual Machines.
ESX Server network configuration, NIC Teaming, VLANs.
Troubleshooting vMotions, DRS/HA, SRM, VDI issues.
Troubleshooting P2V/VMware Converter issues.
Troubleshooting VMware VCB issues.
Install and configure VMware Capacity Planner.
Excellent knowledge of log analysis on ESX & VC servers for
troubleshooting the issues.
Performance tuning & monitoring.
Worked on VMware ThinApps (Thin Install) initial versions, deploying
multiple versions of browsers, IE & FireFox for QA teams.
Scheduling backup and System security.
Preventive maintenance.
Direct client interaction for problem resolution.
Upgrade firmware for various HP, IBM and Dell servers.
Good understanding of Network concepts & storage concepts.
Trained on EMC Clariion and EMC Symmetrix Storage arrays.
Conducted training sessions on VMware Products & Technologies to new
employees for various departments, including QA, Tech Support and IT.
(new hire orientation)
Trained Tech Support Team members on Advanced log analysis for ESX
server and Virtual Center.
Mentored team members on day to day job tasks.
Sr. Systems Administrator
December 2003 - June 2004
GE (GE Capital International Services)
Profile: Server Support and Application Support (VMware ESX, VC & *NIX,
Windows) servers from GE Plastics, GE HealthCare and GE Finance systems.
Responsibilities:
Install, configure and maintain VMware ESX 2.x / Virtual Center 1.x
servers.
Windows 2000/2003 Active directory.
Creating, Installing, configuring and maintaining the Virtual Machines,
installing Guest Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and
Novell Netware).
Configure vLAN trunking for Virtual Machines and Service Console.
Install opensource application like Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Squid Proxy,
Sendmail, DNS, DHCP and NAGIOS.
Disk and filesystem management on Linux, Windows, HP-UX, Solaris and AIX
servers.
Guest OS template creation and User Account Management.
Install & configure of different software's and patches as per the
project requirement.
Troubleshooting the application specific issues which are used across
the globe.
Maintaining web servers (Apache) for various internal sites and various
applications using SSO.
Install & Configure Database servers, MSSQL 2000, Oracle 8i/9i on Linux,
Windows, Solaris
Responsible for providing Linux bases solutions for Call Center
representatives work environment.
Responsible for monitoring the scheduled backup jobs and co-ordinate
with the datacenter admin for server maintenance.
Compile apache with mod_ssl, mod_perl and mod_php and MySQL.
Sr. Systems Administrator November 2000
- December 2003
Inspira Technologies
Profile: Design and implementing Systems for OLTP project for A.P State
Government, India, which is designed to integrate 12 government
departments. I was responsible for setting up servers from scratch,
Installing and Securing the OS, Installing the DB and Application
servers. Create users in both the OS and DB and assign appropriate
permissions. Establish connectivity between the App serves and the Web
servers.
Responsibilities:
Install & configure Windows 2000 Servers and Windows XP clients and
securing them. Applying patches and enabling firewall.
Windows 2000/2003 Active directory.
Install & configure Norton Antivirus Corporate edition 7.0
Install & configure RedHat Linux Servers for database, application and
webserver hosting.
Install & configure Oracle DB, on Windows and Linux, and MSSQL DB on
Windows. Configuring Databases for application hosting, create users
with appropriate permissions. Installation of MYSQL DB on Linux Servers
and create users, compile build MYSQL on Linux environment.
Install & configure Squid Proxy Server and configure ip-tables for
packet filtering.
Install & configure various OpenSource products like JBoss,
Apache-Tomcat, Apache web server, nagios, Big Brother and many more.
Install & configure various applications like WebLogic, Web Sphear,
Crystal reports and Biztalk server.
Good understanding of how DNS servers work, Configured Linux based
mailing solution for both internal organization purpose and large
corporate.
Software/Application installation, configuration and troubleshooting for
internal customers' in order to make sure they have a smooth working
environment.
Configure modems to dial in to various Government departments for OLTP
project connectivity.
Good understating of various network devices and their role in
connectivity.
Systems Administrator, I/T Specialist April 2000 -
November 2000
Archeane InfoTech
Profile: Archean Infotech is Linux training and support organization and
my responsibilities are to maintain the IT infrastructure and System
Administration along with mentoring and monitoring junior administrator,
who will be involved in client side deployments and implementation of
Linux bases solutions. Take care of any escalated issues for cliental
implementations.
Responsibilities:
Install & configure of various Linux Distributions, including RedHat,
SuSE, Mandrake and Caladera.
Install & configure ipchains/iptables based packet filtering solutions.
Install & configure Linux based mailing solutions including DNS server
configuration.
Install & configure Oracle DB, Postgress and MYSQL DB on Linux Servers.
Install & configure Apache Web Server with modules like mod_php,
mod_perl and mod_ssl.
Install & configure Squid Proxy Server with NTLM, SMB, PAM and NTLM
authentication modules, vSFTP, WS-FTP servers and FTP client software on
Windows and Linux systems.
Install & configure open source software like JBoss, Jakarta-tomcat
(apache-tomcat), PHP, MYSQL, PostgreSQL and Webmin.
Assist, mentor and monitor juniors in their work and provide constant
guidance while there are on site and implementing Linux based solutions.
Lab Admin/Coordinator, Part time Jun 1999
- Mar 2000
NIIT
Profile: Have to maintain the lab infrastructure, including the machine
uptime along with assisting students with their lab exercises.
Responsibilities:
Install & configure of Novell Netware Server and configure disk less,
remote boot clients.
Install & configure Windows NT 3.51/4.0 Servers and workstation.
Install, configure and maintain SQL Server 4.5 Lab environment for MCP
training program.
Install & configure on Windows 3.11 (for workgroups) on Netware volume
for the remote boot client.
Install & configure of SCO UNIX Server 5.0 and configure TNVT220 for
Netware clients to connect to SCO server.
Install & configure of Windows 95/98 on workstations for students along
with all the software applications for their course practices.
Install and configure Sybase server
Maintain the TCP/IP and IPX/SPX Network.
Maintain the Lab network, Bus topology.
Assist students with their day to day lab practices and answer question.
Assist students with their semester project works.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
VMware Certified Professional (VCP 4, ESX 4.0 / VC 4.0 )
VMware Certified Professional (VCP 310, ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5 )
VMware Certified Professional (ESX 2.5 / VC 1.4)
TRAINING ATTENDED
ESX 2.x & VC 1.x Server Administration & Management
ESX 3.x & VC 2.x Server Administration & Management
Advanced troubleshooting of ESX Server and VirtualCenter Server.
VMware Capacity Planner
EMC Clariion Storage Administration
EMC Symmetrix Storage Administration (basic level)
Advanced SAN Troubleshooting for ESX Environment (Internal training
only)
VMFS recovery training (Internal Training only)