VISHAL AMIN Cell
e-mail: *************@*****.**.**
SUMMARY:
> More than Seven years of progressive experience in the IT and hands-on
experience with Storage Area Networks (SAN).
> Experience in working with CLARiiON Layered Applications such as
MirrorView and SANcopy. Migrated data using SAN Copy.
> Hand on experience with EMC Symmetrix DMX and CLARiiON series.
> Experienced with storage migration using Open replicator and SANCopy
tools.
> Experience with storage allocation on Red Hat LINUX, Solaris, AIX and
Windows.
> Experienced with installing multi pathing software such as power path.
> Management of Cisco, Brocade and McData switches using Fabric
manager.
> Proficient in configuring SAN Fabrics with switches like Brocade,
McData, Cisco,
> Connectrix Manager, Configuring to the front Channel Directors.
> Extensive Experience on Storage provisioning LUN creation, Masking,
Mapping.
> Successful in troubleshooting the complex technical issues related to
storage while analyzing the root cause of storage issues and resolve
to the management contentment.
> Experienced working with EMC to have best practices in the corporate
environment.
> Excellent experience with storage documentation and making reports for
future SAN usages.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Storage Applications: EMC Control Center, Calera NS-G8,Storage Scope,
Performance Manager, Navisphere Manager, Time Finder Mirror/Clone/Snap,
SRDF, SRDF/AR, Dynamic SRDF, MirrorView/S, MirrorView/A, SnapView, Power
Path, 4.x/5.x, SANCopy, Symcli, Navicli, Connectrix Manager.
Storage Hardware: Symmetrix/DMX, CLARiiON, Celerra, EDL, Brocade, McData,
Cisco MDS 9506, 9509.
Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8/9/10, Red Hat Linux 3, 4, AIX, UNIX,
Windows 2000/2003/NT, VMware.
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
CISCO SAN foundation
SANCopy migration
EXPERIENCE:
State Street, Boston (Sept 2008 - till Date)
Sr. Storage Administrator
Responsibilities:
> Administration of CLARiiON CX700, CX3-80, CX4-480 and Symmetrix
2000, DMX3.
> Storage allocation on Clarrion by using Navisphere Manager and
Created and exported CIFS Shares, managed Quotas, Groups and
Permissions on Celerra NS-G8.
> Migration of data from Symmetrix 2000 to DMX3 by using Open
Replicator.
> Zoning of storage devices by using Fabric manager.
> Configured Operations Manager for Monitoring and Performance tuning.
> Created LUNs (Standard Devices) and Symmetrix Device Masking using
SYMCLI.
> Used Navisphere Manager for creation of LUNs, RAID Groups, and
Storage Groups.
> Created and updated the storage Documentation. Testing the designed
solutions.
> Problem analysis and Capacity planning. Monitor the storage
environment. Set up the
> user accounts on storage devices and configuring alerts.
> Updating storage utilization report on Monthly basis.
> Planned and implemented High availability & Disaster Recovery
of SAN/NAS Storage.
Environment: CLARiiON CX700, CX3-800, CX4, Symmetrix DMX 2000/DMX3,
Cisco 9509, Brocade 3850, 4100, Windows 2000/2003/NT, VMware ESX,AIX,
Emulex and QLogic HBA's.
MLB, NY Nov 07 - Aug 08
Storage Engineer
Responsibilities:
> Performed Administration and management of CLARiiON CX700,
CX3-40, CX3-80,
> Symmetrix DMX3.
> Worked on DMX3 LUN creation, mapping and masking by using SYMCLI and
ECC.
> Worked on Migration of data from CX500 to CLARIION CX3-40, using
SANCopy.
> CLARiiON Performance analysis by Navisphere analyzer and DMX
performance analysis through ECC Performance Manger.
> Installation and upgrade of Power path from 3.x.4.x Design,
Installation, Configuration and Administration of ECC.
> Supported Cisco MDS and Brocade using Connectrix and Fabric/Device
Manager and Configuring Zones.
> Working with servers team to configure and patched servers.
> Worked with backup groups to setup backup environment.
> Configuration and maintenance of SRDF/A for disaster recovery
applications.
> Involved in Installation and configuration of Emulex and Qlogic HBAs
for SAN connectivity.
> Creating and upgrading user manuals for future admins.
Environment: CLARIION CX3-40, CX3-80, CX700, SYMMETRIX 4/3/3000, Netapp FAS
6040, 3070, Cisco MDS 9509, 9506, Veritas NetBackup, QLogic and Emulex
HBAs, McData and Brocade switches 5120, 4100, 24000, 48000, Navishpere
Manager, NaviCli, ECC, Symcli, Powerpath, SnapView, MirrorView, SanCopy,
TimeFinder, SRDF, SnapMirror, SnapRestore, VMware ESX 3.5, Solaris 9/10.
Merill Lynch, New York, NY (June 2006 - Sept 2007)
SAN Administrator
Responsibilities:
> Assigned storage to Windows, Solaris, and LINUX servers by configuring
storage
> groups, assigning LUNs, registering HBAs on CLARiiON CX arrays.
> Storage Provisioning using zoning, LUN masking, mapping and reclamation,
Capacity planning, disk layout planning.
> Configured and administered Brocade and McData Fiber channel switches.
> Involved in Installation and configuration of Emulex and Qlogic HBAs
for SAN connectivity.
> Worked on Perl and Shell Scripts.
> Worked on MS cluster and assigned storage for application
support.
> Troubleshooting storage related issues in minimum time to make
the environment live.
> Monitoring performance and capacity of the SAN environment using
Storage scope.
> Installed and Configured Power path for multiple path access,
workload management,
> path failover capabilities, and volume management for host servers
connected to EMC Clariion arrays.
> Managed hosts with Emulex and Qlogic HBAs as well as Clariion and Sym
frames.
> Hands-on experience with EMC Navisphere Agent, EMC Control Center,
NaviCLI, Time Finder, SymCLI.
Environment: CLARiiON CX700, CX3,DMX 2000, Cisco 9506 and McData Switches,
Emulex HBA's, IBM Tape Libraries, Windows 2000/2003,Solaris and Red Hat
Linux, EMC Power path.
Infoworks, Pune (Aug '04 - May '06)
System Administrator
Roles & Responsibilities
> Worked on Windows Server Systems 2000/2003/NT, Corporate Desktop
Email.
> VMware 2.x ESX Server implementation and administration.
> Windows 2000 Server /UNIX/ Red Hat Linux Server User Management.
> Experience on handling Workstations and Printers.
> Windows Server Update Services, Anti-Virus/Anti-Spy ware Management
Network Engineering & Administration.
> Involved in Upgrading, migrating, and managed servers, PCs, network.
> Troubleshooting desktop software for Microsoft Operating Systems.
> Performed daily backups of critical business data.
> Analyst and Implementation of Windows 2000 Active Directory / server
and 2000 professional.
> Analyst and implementation of Exchange server.
> Designing and running Clustering, load balancing on UNIX servers and
Windows 2000/Active Directory.
> Security planning and implementation, backup scheduling and
recovery.
Vijaya Bank ( Jan 04 - July '04)
System/Network Administrator
Responsibilities
> Provide daily network and desktop support for office totaling 240 users
and Corporate Headquarters.
> Locally responsible for the troubleshooting and maintenance of two
Windows 2000 Advanced servers running an Exchange 2000 server, a domain
controller running Windows 2000 Server, a backup domain controller
running Windows 2000 server, a file server running Windows 2000 server,
HR server running Windows 2000 server, and also do the daily backups for
the entire network.
> Worked with network Architect team to design and install a section in
R&D section with 15 hosts using Windows 2000 and Solaris. Later provide
daily support for them.
> Active Directory administration and maintenance.
> Support for the SBT accounting system using Microsoft Visual Fox and
various data mining work.
> Installing new software on remote hosts, from the server in headquarters
according to corporate needs.
> Maintain and repair all company I.T. hardware ranging from laptops to
desktops to routers and switches.
Education:
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University, A.P, India.
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