Santosh Reddy Neelapu ac6lpq@r.postjobfree.com

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 3+ years of professional experience in VMware and System administrator with expertise in VMware server and desktop virtualization. Commitment towards work perfection and capability of managing large scale projects in enterprise level.

Extensive experience installing, configuring, monitoring VMware vSphere, VMware Horizon (VDI) environments.

Installation & Administration of VMware ESXI 5.5,6.0,6.5 and VMware vCenter 5.x /6. x.

Experienced in Patching and Upgrading Esxi servers using VMware Update manager (UM).

Design and Implement virtualization solutions based on Vcenter server and Vblock series.

Experienced in Patching and Upgrading Esxi servers using VMware Update manager (UM).

Performed physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to virtual (V2V) migrations using VMware converter.

High Knowledge in VMware High-Availability, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DVS and vCenter Update Manager.

Engineer / Deploy / Patch / Support Cisco UCS Infrastructure (FIs, IOMs, Blades)

Engineer / Configure all aspects of Cisco UCS Manager

Implemented VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) technology using VMware VIEW / Horizon 6.0& 7.0. Hands on experience of App Virtualization using Thin App, RDSH application.

Hands on Experience in deploying new VMware Horizon 7 features instant Clones, Blast Extreme, Identity Manager, Smart policies, Horizon Access Point, Horizon Linux Desktops.

Hands on experience working with configuration and management of VMware vSphere Standard Switch & distributed Switch.

Experience in VMware networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, vDS, different types of port groups, NIC teaming and VLAN.

Good knowledge of Rack mount and Blades servers.

Responsible for Citrix Server infrastructure software support, XenApp server for application virtualization.

Experienced in maintaining performance and security on Linux servers

Experience in Installation, Configuration, Backup, Recovery, and Installing, upgrading and configuring RedHat Linux 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x using Kick start Servers and Interactive Installation.

Administered and maintained Red Hat Linux, Solaris, Win Server, and VMware ESX/ESXi platforms driven by NetApp SAN/NAS storage across five global data centers

Setup, Implementation, Configuration of Backup solutions for Disaster Recovery of clients using Data Protector on UNIX, LINUX & Windows platforms.

Installation, configuration and administration of Window 2008, 2012 and 2016 servers.

Experience working on Exchange 2016 2010/2007 servers at single or multi-level domain platforms.

Hands-on experience and knowledge with Citrix Server infrastructure support, XenApp server for application virtualization.

Setup, Implementation, Configuration of Backup solutions for Disaster Recovery of clients using Data Protector on UNIX, LINUX & Windows platforms

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating system

Windows server 2008, 2012, 2016. Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7/8/10.

Hardware

HP Rack and Blade Servers, Dell Tower/Rack-mounted Servers.

VMware skills

Esxi (5.5, 6.0, 6.5,6.7), vCenter operation manager, P2V & V2V Migration, VMware Clustering and Storage (HA, DRS, vMotion, storage vMotion, FT), Horizon View 6 & Horizon 7, App Volumes, User Environment manager, vRealize Operations Manager

Storage/ Networking

ISCSI SAN, FC SAN,Fiber, NAS, DNS, DHCP, TCP, UDP, Active directory 2008/2012, F5 Load Balancer.

Certifications:

VMware Certified Professional (VCP6 - DCV)

Education:

Bachelor of Science in computer science and engineering, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Master’s in computers and information system, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client : Verizon Wireless

Duration : Apr 2018 to Till Date

Role : VMware Admin

Location : Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities

• Installation and configuration of VMware ESXI 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 on HP ProLiant DL 380, DL 385, DL 580 Rackmount servers which include Windows server 2008/2012 and 2016 and RHEL 4.0, 5.0. 5.5 connecting through ILO.

• Managing them using VMware vCenter server and VMware vSphere Client using vCenter server appliance.

• Configured VMware on clustered environment, implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using vMotion, Storage vMotion.

• Monitored the HP blade servers using the HP Insight Manager and provided the maintenance in case of power failures and performed the device mapping.

• Designed the infrastructure and administered the environment running over 30 ESXI Hosts and 600 Virtual Machines. Also, designed the performance monitoring processes and improved Disaster Recovery processes to utilize virtualization benefits.

• Worked closely with storage and networking teams to ensure allocated SAN (DELL EqualLogic, EMC CLARiiON CX 700), fiber and networking infrastructure reflected specifications laid out in initial VMware firm design to ensure successful deployment.

• Creation and management of virtual machines, installing VMware tools, creating Templates, Cloning, deploy Virtual Machines from Templates.

• Worked in Redhat Enterprise Linux(RHEL 5,6,7) system environment.

• Designed, Built, Configured and Troubleshot Linux (Redhat) VMware, and Solaris systems.

• Updating/Patching Linux, Windows Virtual Machine in VMware VM'

• Administered and maintained Red Hat Linux, Solaris, Win Server, and VMware ESX/ESXi platforms driven by NetApp SAN/NAS storage across five global data centers.

• Planning, implementing and managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2008,2012 and 2016.

• Managed VMware, Windows Server 2008, Active Directory and Microsoft's SMS 2008, 2012.

• Created Snapshot and test rollback, configured vMotion, Cluster and Failover.

• Analyzed existing infrastructure using VMware Capacity Planner.

• Day to day support and maintenance of Operating Systems.

• Define / Deploy Cabling Layout for Cisco UCS Infrastructures.

• Assigning users for citrix desktops and publishing application access for user.

• Working on Xenserver 6.5 environment to create Virtual Machines.

• Disk management, Data management, Security management (applying patches).

• Create test VMware Horizon View 6.0 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment.

• Project management, Process definition and requirement gathering on technical front.

• Lead team to provide Office 365 Migration team with active shared mailboxes with associated access control lists.

• Responsible for the training of onsite and offshore on supporting Office 365.

• Solved coexistence mail routing problem for the Office 365 migration team.

• Exchange 2013 to 2016 migration and consolidation of 30, 000 mailboxes included a cross site DAG, archiving, and retention policies deployed on VMware virtual machines.

• Migrated and thoroughly documented the procedures to migrate from various environments to the latest version of Exchange 2010 and Windows 2016 R2.

• Installation, configuration and administration working knowledge on Window 2008, 2016 R2/2003 servers and Exchange 2010/2007/2003 servers at single or multi-level domain platforms.

• Provided remote support and administration on network for Internal and External clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop connection, Putty and Team Viewer.

• Participated in development and maintenance of Disaster Recovery & Backup.

• Resource Management - Configuring VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters for vMotion- migrations between ESX Servers.

• Updated the Patches for ESXI Servers using VMware Update Manager in vCenter server Appliance.

Environment: Windows 2016, 2012/2008R2, VMware horizon view 6.0,2, office 365, Exchange Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, VMware vSphere 5.5, ESXi6.0 and 6.5, VCenter 5.5 and 6.5, IIS, DRS, RAID, VCenter update manager.

Client : Bellevue University

Duration : Mar 2017 to Mar 2018

Role : VMware/system Admin

Location : Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Hands-on experience in Deployment, requirement gathering, Installation, administration.

• Successfully configured ESX servers for HA and DRS capabilities.

• Configured and deployed Cisco computing clusters with VMware ESXi 6.0, 5.5 and vCenter 6.0, 5.5.

• Experienced in applying monthly updates to windows servers 2003/2008R2/2012 versions.

• Good Knowledge on VMware products such as vRealize storage and networking.

•Maintained and Troubleshooted windows servers windows 2003, 2008R2 versions Creating disk spaces for windows servers.

• Configured and deployed Cisco computing clusters with VMware ESXi 6.0, 5.5 and vCenter 6.0, 5.5.

• Performing physical to virtual servers (P2V) migration without downtime.

• Involved in performing VMotion and Vstorage administration for successful data migration.

• Maintaining Backups of the VM's, taking snapshots.

• Managing VM's by vSphere Client and Web Client.

• Upgraded 100+ ESX hosts from ESX 5.5 to ESX 6.0 using VMware Update Manager tool.

• Administration of user and group accounts and providing appropriate rights to user accounts according to their requirements.

• Worked in Redhat Enterprise Linux(RHEL 5,6,7) system environment.

• Involved in SAN migrations from EMC DMX to VMAX and Clariions to VNX using zfs and Linux LVM on Redhat Linux.

• Installation and configuration of EMC Power Path in ESXi for SAN Storage Path optimization.

• Involved in creation of virtual switches and configuration of NIC for a clustered environment.

• Troubleshoot and resolve the Storage related issues generated in the production, Development and testing environments using vCops.

• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented VMotion, Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter P2V and setup Lab Manager.

• Administration, VMware configuration and Administration, Network devices, Security devices for datacenter.

• Use of powercli/esxcli for the migration process and for troubleshooting. .

• Used VMware Update Manager to install critical and locally tested updates to the ESX Host.

• Grouped physical disks into logical volumes dynamically sized and resized volumes to fit in the application.

• Upgrade current technologies with patches and firmware, as well as new versions.

• Implement VMware vSphere technologies and utilize virtualization tools such as PowerCLI, Auto Deploy, and vCenter Operations Manager.

• Responsible for day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for Windows servers and VMware.

• Performed software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.

Environment: VMware ESX 4.0 ESXi 5.5/6.0 vSphere 5.0/5.5/56.0, vCenter 5.5/56.0, MS

Windows Server 2012 R2/2008 R2, Clusters, SAN, NIC, EMC, Virtual Switches.

Client : CSG International (intern)

Duration : Aug 2016 to Feb 2017

Role : VMware Admin

Location : Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Migrated with team 100+ servers from Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 environment, including File and Application Servers, restored File permissions and Shares.

•Configured VMware on clustered environment, implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using vMotion, Storage vMotion.

• Implemented Microsoft DHCP, DNS, WINS, Domain trust relationship, fault tolerance, file and print services, user and group management.

• Consolidation of the Data-centers using Vcenter5.0 and installation, configuration and managing the ESXi5.0 and 5.5 Update to Servers and vCenter.

• Creating and managing the VMware clusters in the Vcenter5.0.

• Enabling the HA and DRS features in a VMware Clusters.

• Monitoring the VM'S & ESXi5.5 Update 2 Servers using the vCenter.

• Creating the Virtual Clusters, Resource pools, Templates & Clones in the Vcenter5.0.

• Creating the Virtual Switches & Port groups in the Virtual Environment.

• Patch Management done in the ESXi5.5 Servers through the update manger.

• Upgrading the ESXi5.0 to ESXi5.5 using host update availability.

• Worked on Migration Projects Involving IIS 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0-based applications.

• Installed, and supported 100+ Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals with the IT team.

• Was 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, administered Windows 2003 servers, Active Directory Services, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server and SQL Database Server.

• Was Responsible for Security Patch Management and Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS.

• Weekly Backups on NAS storage.

• User Support - Monitored and troubleshooting system performance, server & user related issues. Provided support to users to resolve their day-to-day issues related to OS, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc.

• Was Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all windows-based servers. Planned and implemented fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network using different media devices like tape drives, compact disk and additional hard disk etc.

• Implemented cross-functional IT skills training so our team was well prepared and resilient when faced with challenging issues, which greatly improved IT incident response times & work quality.

Environment: VMware ESXI 5.0,5.5, VSphere 5.0 Vcenter 5.0. Windows Server, Exchange Server 2003, 2008 R2/2003, Windows 7/XP, Active Directory, HP Proliant DL and Blade Servers.

Client : HDFC

Duration : May 2015 to May 2016

Role : System /VMware Admin

Location : Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

•Implementation of VMware vSphere 5.5 with Enterprise Plus Features of vDistributed Switch and Host Profiles Upgrade Experience from VMware Infrastructure 5.0 to vSphere 5.5 and Update including vCenter5.0, ESXI Hosts, Update manager, vSphere client, and Virtual machines tools and H/W upgrade to vSphere 5.0.

•Provides planning and technical support for company installations.

•Administered for various State Agencies on the VMware Infrastructure 5.0/5.5 ESXi, HP Servers & Cisco network devices for the various Data Centers.

•Supported ongoing server consolidation to migrate physical servers to virtual environment.

•Created virtual machine templates & configured Sysprep files for customizing operating system deployment.

•Administered for various State Agencies on the VMware Infrastructure ESXi, HP Servers & Cisco network devices for the various Data Centers.

•Configured and managed security permissions in virtual center management for access to virtual machines.

•Configure Radius service to authenticate wireless and VPN clients against LDAP.

•Performed physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to virtual (V2V) migrations using VMware converter.

•VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates.

•Provided secure delivery of hosted applications to mobile devices, including BlackBerry and Android devices.

•Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machine.

•Participated in the 24x7 On-call support rotation.

•Worked on Ticket process in fixing the Incident tickets in CA (Unicenter Service Desk) in 24x7 environments.

•Configuring a segregated iSCSI network solely communication between the virtual hosts and SAN units.

•Writing documentation for standard operating procedures for troubleshooting, configuring, and setting up virtual servers.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.0 Windows 2008/2003, Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, CISCO, NTFS, Dell Power Edge, IBM xSeries, HP ProLiant G3, G5 Blade Servers, IIS Servers

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