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Naveen Kumar N

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Profile:

Certified HP Consultant with extensive knowledge on HP storage products &

EMC with 7+years of IT experience in various fields of SAN, Storage

administration & Backup.

Professional Summary:

> Experience in storage provisioning and monitoring of HP 3PAR

F200/F400, T400/T800, and V400/V800 (P10000) arrays by creating

CPG's, Virtual volume and exported virtual volumes to host and

created virtual copies.

> Experience in Installing & Upgrading the Storage devices

> Proficiency in managing HP EVA8400,P6500, XP 24000, P9500.

> Generated reports in Performance Advisor 5.5.0 in XP 24000,

P9500

> Experience in performing Inform OS Upgrades with any downtime

> Experience in validating the hosts if any discrepancies to

perform an Online Hardware / Software upgrade

> Experience in performing a 3PAR Node Rescue without any impact

on production environment

> Experience in Array based migration using HP 3PAR Peer Motion.

> Experienced in configuring and managing EMC PowerPath and 3PAR

MPIO solution for path failover, load balancing, path management

and automatic I/O failure detection.

> Experience in administration of EMC storage - Symmetrix,

CLARiiON CX-3/4 and HP-3PAR array F200/F400, T400/T800,

V400/V800.

> Experience in installation, configuration and managing Cisco

Enterprise Directors MDS 9506/9509/9513 and Departmental

Switches 9120/9124/9134/9140/9222i using CLI, Device Manager and

Fabric Manager.

> Experience in installation, configuration and managing Brocade

48k, DCX Directors, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300 switches using CLI,

Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) and Web Tools

> Installation and maintenance of 3PAR Inform Management Console,

Inform management CLI and Host Explorer Agent.

> Implemented Dynamic optimization, Adaptive optimization and

System Reporter for load balancing and monitor the performance

of the array respectively.

> Experience in implementing Virtual Copy and Remote Copy

Synchronous/Asynchronous periodic.

> Experience in MPX-200 to do the data migrations from Windows,

Linux, Unix, Solaris, AIX and VMware

> Experience in generating the performance related graphs and

provided the solution to overcome the performance issue on

HP3PAR array.

> Hands on experience in administering CIFS and NFS in VNX and

Celerra NAS/SAN environments.

> Installed and configured Remote Copy for local and remote

replications on HP 3PAR systems.

> Experience in implementing array based migrations using Open

Replicator, Federated Live Migration (FLM), SRDF, SanCopy, and

host based migrations using Open Migrator, PowerPath Migration

Enabler (PPME) and Logical Volume Manager (LVM).

> Experience in storage provisioning and monitoring of VMAX, DMX,

VNX and CLARiiON using SYMCLI, SMC, ECC, and Unisphere for

VMAX/VNX and Navisphere respectively to various operating

systems.

> Proven experience in using SYMCLI 6.x/7.x,SMC, Unisphere

Manager, NaviSphere Manager 6.x and Secure CLI.

> Proven experience in installing and configuring SYMCLI, ECC,

SMC/SPA, Navisphere Manager, NaviCLI.

> Worked on VMware vSphere 4.x/5.0 installation and virtual

machines setup.

> Possesses hands on expertise in troubleshooting day-to-day

SAN/Storage, Reporting the environment and host related issues

quickly.

> Expertise in SAN related host connectivity for different

Operating Systems like Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, AIX and Windows

and VMware vSphere Servers.

> Experience in evaluating SAN architecture policies and

procedures to help customers improve their existing SAN

infrastructure.

Good communication skills and capable of handling multiple projects

simultaneously with good mentoring skills.

Operating Systems: Solaris 10, AIX 5.3,6.1,7.1 HP-UX 11.X,

RedHat ES 4.x,

5.x, Windows 2k3/2k8 and VMWARE VSphere

4.x/5.x

Storage Systems: HP 3PAR F200/F400, T400/T800, V400/V800,

Symmetrix V-MAX-40K/20K/10K,

DMX-2/3/4,VNX5500/5700 CLARiiON

CX4-120/240/480/960, CX3-20/80

NAS Celerra Systems: NS 480, NS 704, NS 40G/80G, VNX5500/VNX5700.

SAN Switches: Cisco MDS 9124,9134,9120,9140,9222i

switches and 9513/9509/9506 directors and

Brocade 4100/4900/5100/5300 switches and

48K, DCX directors

SAN/Storage Software: Symcli 6.x/7.x, SMC 6.x/7.x, Unisphere

Manager for VNX and VMAX, Navisphere

Manager, NaviSecCLI, Brocade CLI, Web Tools,

DCFM, Cisco CLI, Device Manager, Fabric

Manager, ECC 6.x, Celerra Manager/CLI.

Celerra SnapSure, TimeFinder-Mirror/ Clone/

Snap, SRDF/S, SRDF/A, SRDF/AR,

MirrorView/A/S,SnapView Clone/Snapshot, Open

Replicator, Open Migrator and SanCopy,

Replication manager, Recover point.

PowerPath 4.x/5.x, HP 3PAR IMC 4.2.1, CLI

2.3.1/3.1.1, System Reporter, Peer Motion.

Multipath Software: EMC PowerPath, MPXIO, VERITAS DMP and 3PAR

MPIO.

Technical Skills:

SERVER:

> Installation, Troubleshooting, Maintenance and hands on

experience with Dell 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Generation

Power Edge Tower, Rack and Blade server's which include (PE2950,

PE2900, PE1950, PE1900, PE6950, PE2850, PE6850, PE2800, PE1850,

PE6800, PE1855, PE1955, R900, R710, T610, R410).

> Worked on Technologies which include installation, configuration

and troubleshooting of DRAC, EM64T, USC, EFI, SAS, SCSI, RAID

Levels and Clustering of servers.

TAPE BACKUP DEVICE:

> Stand Alone Drives:

Certance, Tandberg, IBM PV 100T, PV 110T and PV 112T

> Auto Loaders and Libraries:

DLT, SDLT, DAT PV 122T, PV 130T, PV 136T, TL 2000 and ML 6000

Monitoring, Configuring and management of all TBU's with Path Failover,

Encryption and Working on logical Libraries by providing redundancy on the

same using COMMVAULT and Symantec Backup software for backup and

restore.

Education:

Masters in Computer Application from Madurai Kamaraj University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Erla Foods Inc., Michigan Apr 2013 - Present

Sr. SAN Storage Administrator

Environment:

Storage: HP3PAR V400/V800

Fabric/Switch: Cisco and Brocade

Tools: Dynamic Optimization, Adaptive Optimization, Inform Management

Console 4.4.2 and CLI 3.1.1/3.1.2, System Reporter.

Operating Systems: Windows 2003/2008/2008R2, Linux, UNIX, HP-UX, AIX,

VMware and TSM

Roles & Responsibilities:

> Administration of HP3PAR V400/V800 Storage Array.

> Planned and Implemented Dynamic Optimization to be performed on

the HP3PAR Array.

> Built the scripts to run the Dynamic Optimization Commands.

> Performed 250 TB of Data migration from one CPG to another using

Dynamic Optimization.

> Migrated data between CPG's and tunesys using dynamic

optimization to load balance the CPG and to free the space.

> Implemented compact CPG's to reclaim the space from a CPG that

has become less efficient in space usage from creating, deleting

and relocating the Virtual Volumes.

> Created, rename and remove the CPG from the Array.

> Start and stop the remote copy group to perform the Dynamic

Optimization.

> Monitor the performance of the array while DO process is

running.

> Tune the virtual volume with user CPG's and Snap CPG's

> Set the priority on running the tunevv task for DO process.

> Performed tunevv on replicated volumes.

> Remove, cancel, restart and rollback the tunevv command to

perform the Dynamic Optimization.

> Generated performance chart while DO is running to see the

performance of the array.

> Implemented tunevv command against Windows 2003/2008/2008R2,

Linux High Availability Cluster, Linux Standalone Clusters, HP-

UX, AIX, Solaris, ESX Servers (VMware), and TSM Servers.

> Created documents for operational management, troubleshooting

the issues that occur in the SAN environment on Storage side.

> Performed cleanup activities after the migration is completed by

verifying all the Physical Disk are balanced, CPG's have the

correct volumes as planned and provided the additional scheduled

maintenance activities.

> Performance monitoring was done during the process utilizing the

real-time monitoring in the 3PAR IMC and call home files from

the array.

Hewlett Packard Global Soft Pvt Ltd, India Jan 2011 - Mar 2013

SAN Administrator

Environment:

Storage: HP3PAR F200, T800, V800, P6300, P4000

Fabric/Switch: Brocade DCX/48k, Cisco 9513

Tools: MPX 200 (iSR6200), Brocade CLI/Web tools/DCFM, Cisco CLI/FM,

InformManagement Console 4.2.1 and CLI 2.3.1/3.1.1, System Reporter2.9

Operating System: Windows 2003/2008, vSphere 4.x/5.x, Red Hat 5.x/6.x,

Solaris 10, AIX 6.x, HP-UX 11.x

Roles &Responsibilities:

> Installation and configuration of Brocade and Cisco directors

and switches and implementation of core-edge topologies.

> Day to day SAN zoning using Brocade CLI/Web tools/DCFM and Cisco

CLI/FM and also includes troubleshooting SAN related

connectivity issues.

> Allocated storage from HP 3PAR and HP EVA storage arrays to

various hosts using Inform Management Console 4.2.1 and CLI

2.3.1/3.1.1.

> Day to day storage allocations from HP 3PAR and HP EVA storage

arrays using 3PAR IMC, CLI and HP Command View to Windows

2k3/2k8, vSphere 4.x/5.x, Red Hat 5.x/6.x, Solaris 10, AIX 6.x,

and HP-UX 11.x.

> Proficient in creating CPG's, Virtual Volumes, hosts and

exporting virtual volumes to hosts.

> Have good experience with autonomic groups to simplify the

storage allocation for cluster.

> Implemented Virtual Copy snapshots for many applications for

backups.

> Experience with HP 3PAR Hardware Technologies, Tradition

provisioning, Thinprovisioning, Common Provisioning Groups.

> Implemented Disaster Recovery solution using 3PAR Synchronous as

well as with Asynchronous Periodic Remote copy.

> Migrated data using MPX200 from EVA to 3PAR with online

migration as well as with offline.

> Migrated data from EVA P6300 to HP3PAR using iSR6200 (MPX)

router.

> Migrated data using HP3PAR Peer Motion from F/T class arrays to

V400/V800.

> Migrated data using host based Secure Copy and Robocopy.

> Proficient in Adaptive Optimization, Dynamic Optimization,

Virtual Copy, Remote Copy and Disaster Recovery on HP3PAR

arrays.

> Implemented 3PAR Adaptive Optimization and created policies to

improve performance of applications by relocating data at sub-

volume level.

> Responsible for taking backups using HP store once using

Replication Manager.

> Migrated data between CPG's and tunesys using dynamic

optimization to load balance the CPG and to free the space.

> Implemented SAN expansion by joining the new switches to the

existing fabric with no disruption to the Fabric.

> Generated reports using System Reporter2.9 for HP3PAR

Dell International Services India Pvt. Ltd. Mar 2006 - Jan 20011

Storage Administrator

Environment:

Storage: EMC V-MAX, V-MAXe, DMX-3/4, VNX 5700, CLARiiON CX-4-960, NS-960,

Fabric/Switch:Cisco MDS 9513 and Brocade 48K.

Tools: SYMCLI 6.x/7.1, SMC 7.1, Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Manager6.x,

SRDF, TimeFinder, SnapView, MirrorView, SanCopy, Open Replicator,

Replication manager 5.4, Brocade Web tools/ CLI, Cisco CLI/ Fabric Manager,

EMC PowerPath,ECC 6.1, Celerra manager, RecoverPoint 3.4.

Operating systems: AIX 5.3/6.x, Solaris 10, HP-UX 11.i, RedHat Linux 5.x

and Windows 2K8, vSphere 4.x/5.0.

Roles &Responsibilities:

> Day to day administration which includes storage allocation from

VMAX/DMX/VNX and zoning on Brocade and Cisco fabrics.

> Performed Auto-provisioning for VMAXby creating storage groups,

initiator groups, port groups and masking views using SMC and

SymCLI.

> Performed Virtual Provisioning for CX4-960 using Navisphere

Manager and for VMAX, VMAXe and DMX-4 arrays using SYMCLI, SMC.

> Responsible for day-to-day administration of SAN environment,

which includes VMAX, DMX-4, VNX 5700,CLARiiON CX-3 and CX-4, NS

960 connected to Windows, AIX, Linux and VMware ESX servers

> Experience in implementing Virtual Provisioning from VMAX by

creating Data devices, thin devices, Thin Pool, binding thin

devices to the pool, using SymCLI, SMC and Unisphere.

> Allocated storage for CX4 arrays using Navisphere, Unisphere to

AIX, Windows, Sun Solaris (for an Oracle environment), HP-UX

and Linux hosts including creation of Raid groups, binding LUNs,

creating storage groups and adding luns to the storage group.

> Worked on creation and extension of file systems and giving

access to windows by creating CIFS shares and UNIX servers by

using NFS exports from VNX and also from Celerra manager.

> Created, Mapped and Masked Meta volumes using ECC to various

servers for VMAX/DMX/CLARiiON CX 3 & CX 4 series arrays for

storage provisioning.

> Installing and setting up Cisco MDS switches, creating VSANs,

Port-channels and troubleshooting SAN Problems.

> Configured Zoning on Brocade switches DCX and 48K through

Brocade CLI, Web Tools and Cisco MDS (Multilayer Data Switches)

9513 through Cisco CLI, Fabric Manager.

> Involved in migrating of data from old storage arrays like DMX-

3/4, CX4-960 to VMAX using Open Replicator and from CX4-120 to

CX4-960 using SANCopy.

> Implemented and configured Business Continuity Solutions using

TimeFinder BCV/Clones on DMX-4 and V-MAX. Used SRDF/A for

setting up Disaster Recovery between V-MAX to V-MAX and enabled

consistency on the Device Groups. Created Dynamic RDF group in

order to start with SRDF/A. Created and activated Clone at the

remote box and saved the golden copy for Testing.

> As part of pre-migration activity, involved in running EMC grabs

on the servers and uploaded them on the HEAT site to check if

any updates are to be made on the server that has to be

migrated. Also checked the EMC recommended updates to be done on

required managed objects using the E-LAB Navigator.

> Implemented Mirrorview/A between CX4-120 and CX4-960 at remote

site, for disaster recovery.

> Implemented FAST Policy based on the Performance required and

extensively worked on FAST/VP.

> Backed up the servers using Timefinder/Clones for VMAX and

Clones for CX4-960.

> 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.

> Gained working knowledge on RecoverPoint and assisted the client

on RPA based data migration from one data center to the other.

> Created Consistency Groups, configured journal volumes and

created RecoverPoint session for RPA based data migration

> Identified, resolved configuration problems with HBA drivers and

cabling.

> Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX, Solaris, HP and

Windows Operating Systems to support the load balancing and

failover features among the HBA's on the system.

> Installed, configured and updated drivers of HBA's (Emulex and

Qlogic) on Windows and UNIX servers.

> Created a performance summary report to rapidly observe activity

of the LUNS using Navi Analyzer.

> Based on EMC recommendations, updated required patches

(Operating System) and HBA drivers on all systems that are part

of the data migration.

> Generated Configuration reports for both Array and servers for

future Capacity planning and made design recommendations based

on Raid Type, Hot spares and numbers of drives per Application.

> Identified underutilized resources (FA ports and Host based

assets) using Storage Scope reporting and proactively resolved

the capacity allocation issues.

> Day to day jobs include Provisioning, Monitoring and Reporting

using Symmetrix Performance Analyzer of the Data Center

Environment.

> Troubleshooting critical issues including threshold

optimization, server throughput, ports availability, meeting

zoning requirements, one-path down, host not seeing storage

management problems.

Created documents for operational management, troubleshooting the issues

that occur in the SAN environment (both Storage and Switches).

Sutherland Technologies Sep 04 to Mar 06

System Administrator

Environment: Solaris 8/9/10, windows 2000/2003, Sun Fire 6800/1000/2000,

Dell 2900/950 servers.

Roles &Responsibilities:

. Responsible for day-to-day System Administration of SOLARIS servers.

. Build the Sun E450 and 6800 Servers with Solaris 8/9/10 operating

systems.

. Storage setups, RAID, Logical Volume Manager, system backup design and

disaster recovery

. Systems performance monitoring.

. Solaris Operating Systems Upgrade, Package installations, Updates,

Patches and Software fixes.

. Responsible for troubleshooting end user and application problems.

. VERITAS File system and VERITAS Volume Manager 2.5 are used to configure

the RAID 1 and RAID 5 Storage Systems.

. Creating User accounts, Mail account, groups, printer etc.

. Installing operating systems, patches, hardware, vendor software

packages, system customization and documentation of all departmental

UNIX, PC-based workstations and Terminal.

. Monitoring system resources, logs, disk usage, scheduling backups and

restore.

. Set up Quotas for the user accounts & limiting the disk space usage.

. Creation/Configuration of Additional swap/tmp dynamically as and when

required.

. NFS Management - Take care of user accounts/groups, setting up of NFS

Environment.

. Solving the problems as & when created when NFS data being accessed.

. Configured auto mounts/maps for the user accounts.

. Administration/Configuration of Print Servers/Clients in the Network

. Worked closely with database administration staff to ensure optimal

performance of databases, and maintain development applications and

databases.

. Assembling the systems and installing operating system and application

software.

. Installing Operating Systems and Application Software.

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