Manager Data

M Rahman Rasel

US Citizen

Cell: 571-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

Objective

To obtain a responsible and challenging position as a SAN Storage

Support/Administrator in a progressive and dynamic environment/organization

where I can maximize and further advance my experience and technical skills

to achieve corporate goal.

Expertise

. 7+ years of experience as SAN/Storage Administrator.

. Skilled in Administration, Configuration and Troubleshooting of VMAX, VNX

7500,5700, 5300, DMX-4, DMX-3, Symmetrix 8730/8830, CALERRA, CLARiiON CX-

960, CX3-80.

. Experienced in Meta Creation, Mapping, Zoning, Masking, Diskgroup

creation and Data Replication.

. Experienced in implementing multi-tier level storage environment based on

the business requirement. Also implemented FAST VP within 3 tiered

policies, Per-application policies.

. Implementation and configuration of Dual Fabric SAN environment for load

balancing and failover using EMC (Powerpath) and Native MPIO. Extensive

and diversified experience in different Brocade enterprise directors (12K

and 48K) as well as departmental switches (3900, 4100 and 4900)

. Handled Cisco enterprise directors like Cisco MDS 9513/9509/9506 and

9120/9140 departmental switches.

. Experience in setting up Disaster recovery Solutions of site to site

replication. Expertise includes hands on experience on both array based

(SRDF and Open Replicator) and non-array based (Unix Native tools, Open

migrator and Robocopy) data migration tools. Well versed in using Time

Finder BCV, Clone,Mirrorview/Snapview and SAN COPY.

. Used ECC, SYMCLI, Unisphere, Navisphere/NaviCLI for storage array's

management and also used Webtools/Fabric manager and CLI to manage the

SAN environment.

. Experienced and knowledgeable in troubleshooting day to day SAN/Storage

host related issues. Also well versed in SAN management in SUN Solaris

/Windows operating system.

. Well experienced in working in environments set up in Windows Operating

System windows server 2008, 2003, 2000

. Excellent written, verbal and communication skills.

Education

2006 LLB(Hons)/ Bachelor in Law from the

University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.

Technical Skills

Storage Arrays: Symmetrix 8830/8730, VNX7500/5700/5300, DMX

2000/3000, DMX-4,

CX600/CX700, CX-

3-40/CX3-80, CX4-960

Storage Software: ECC(EMC Control Center 5.x/6.x,

EMC Navisphere Manager, NaviCLI,

SymCLI, SRDF,

SRDF/A, Symmetrix Managent console, Timefinder/Clone,

Mirrorview/Snapview, Sancopy, Open Replicator, Open Migrator.

SAN Switches: Brocade DCX/ 48K/12K/ 4900/

4100, and Cisco MDS 9513,

9509, 9140,

9120

Fabric Management: Hard Zoning/port zoning, Soft

Zoning/WWN Zoning. Inter-SwitchLinks,

Fibre Channel SAN

topologies, Multi pathing, Aliasing, Brocade CLI,

Brocade Fabric

Manager, EMC Control Center, Cisco CLI, Fabric/Device

Managerand

Powerpath.

Experience

First Energy Corp./ West Penn Power Senior SAN Adminitrator-Data

Center July 2012 - Present

Job Duties:

. Day to day operations in handling EMC storage arrays in 1 Petabyte

storage environment.

. Planned, designed, allocation and configuration of multi-tier SAN

environment including EMC VMAX 20K/40K, Clariion CX-4, CX-3-80, CX-3-40.

. Vmax auto provisioning, Convert thick to thin device, Migrating FAST

policies to FAST VP policies.

. Handled SAN Brocade switches such as 48K and Brocade 5000, upgraded

firmware on switches.

. Worked on VNX Family storage systems through Unisphere. Monitoring and

configuring VNX fast cache and FAST VP with two tiering.

. Day to day operational tasks included storage provisioning and

maintaining high availability as per EMC best practices.

. Configured EMC control center alerts monitoring thresholds. Also worked

on configuring snapview snapshots and snapview clones on Clariion CX

series sub systems.

. Device Mapping, Zoning, Device Masking under multiple host configurations

and storage environments. Also created multiple device groups depending

on the environment and Data Replication using SRDF and export those

groups to the remote site in case of disaster recovery.

. Troubleshooting and administration of SAN environment consisting of

Brocade and Cisco Switches. Installed and configured the new Brocade 48K

switches into the existing environment to support the data migration.

. Created SAN COPY sessions with Navisphere Manager to perform migration.

. Well experienced in managing EMC VMAX, VNX, DMX storage arrays using EMC

Control Center, Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI) and Unisphere.

Environment: EMC Symmetrix, VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3, DMX3000, CLARiiON CX-

600/700 CX3-80, Brocade 48K HP UNIX, AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows, SYMCLI,

ECC 6.0. Navisphere Manager, Time Finder and SRDF A, Brocade CLI and

Webtools.

DHL Columbus, Ohio SAN/Storage Administrator-Data Center

Oct 2009 - May 2012

Job Duties:

. Implementation, and maintenance of storage arrays such as EMC CLARiiON

CX600, 700, CX3-40, 3-80, Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-3 in SAN environments.

Installation of VMAX.

. Performed functions like Zoning, LUN Masking on CLARiiON. Installed

Powerpath, HBA drivers on various Windows Servers and maintained and

monitored the CLARiiON architecture.

. Performed tasks like Meta creation, Zoning and Masking.

. Created and established zone database for Brocade and Cisco MDS Switches

using CLI and Vendors preferred tools like Fabric Manager or WEB tools

for Cisco MDS series Switches.

. Performed switch migration and Inter Switch Link between multi-vendor

switches.

. Handled all issues regarding cabling and connectivity in SAN, Installed

Host HBA and Drivers.

. Developed and maintained a real time site to site Disaster recovery back

up using EMC SRDF.

. Configuration of consistent data replication from DMX-3 to DMX-3 using

SRDF/A with Timefinder consistent group. After establishing SRDF links,

tested restore from R2 to R1 using SRDF to successfully enable disaster

recovery situations.

. Generated Health reports for entire SAN/Storage Environment to make sure

day to day operation is run smoothly.

. Migrated the Data LUNS for Load balancing and creating raid groups within

Clariion.

. Worked on upgrading the firmare on switches.

. Managed EMC VMAX, VNX, DMX storage arrays using EMC Control Centre,

Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI) and Unisphere.

. Configured and worked on Powerpath for Load Balancing, masking system

redundant of power failures and masking LUN's to provide security to the

existing SAN system.

Environment: EMC Clariion CX3-40, CX 600, CX 500, NS804G, NSX40/80G, NSX,

Symmetrix DMX 1000, DMX-3, Navisphere manager, NaviCLI, McData 64M and

32M switches, Brocade 5300 and 4900 switches, Qlogic HBA's, SnapView,

powerpath, BCV, SRDF, Zoning, TimeFinder, ECC, windows.

Dish Network, Colorado Springs CO SAN Administrator-Data Center

Feb 2007 - Aug 2009

Job Duties:

. Administration, implementation of Storage arrays like EMC CLARiiON CX-

600/700, CX-3/40, CX-3/80, Symmetrix 2000, DMX 2000, DMX-3 in SAN

Storage system.

. Created and configured RAID groups, storage groups, binding LUN's,

Naming, Resizing, Unbinding LUN's with Navisphere manager and NaviCLI.

. Created Clariion best practice, LUN masking, switch specifications, SAN

Security/Port Zoning for CX3-40, CX3-80 using Navisphere.

. Supported, installed and configured SAN infrastructure, switches, fibre

cables and controllers.

. Performed LUN creation, Created MetaLUN's by expanding base LUN's using

striping and concatenation.

. Performed various methods of data migration on CLARiiON using Mirror

View/A & SAN copy.

. Used Mirror View A/SAN Copy for the purpose of data migration. Also used

open replicator to migrate data from one symmetrix to anther symmetrix.

. Configured the BCV and clone mirror copies of the production data using

the TimeFinder Business continuity solution for backup and for the

testing team to use the production data.

. Planned and Implemented SRDF in SRDF/A environments for Disaster

Recovery solution.

. Generated reports for storage allocation, usage and configuration

details using EMC Storage Scope.

. Used the Storage Resource Management (SRM) tools to monitor Storage Area

Network infrastructure systems such as EMC Symmetrix DMX2000, DMX3,

CLARiiON CX700 and CX 3-40, 3-80 on day to day operations.

Environment: EMC Clariion CX3-40, CX 600, CX 500, Symmetrix DMX 1000, DMX-

3, Navisphere manager, NaviCLI, McData 64M, 32M switches, Brocade 4900 and

5300 Switches, Snapview, Powerpth, BCV, SRDF, Zoning, TimeFinder, ECC,

Windows.

Direct TV New York, NY System Network Admin

Feb 2007 - Aug 2009

Job Duties:

. Maintained Company IT infrastructure which includes Windows Servers,

Data storage, VM Ware environment, Switching, Routing, It back ups,

Email, Firewall, Spamfiltering, Mobile devices, Voip phone systems,

networking.

. Configured and maintained daily network backup system using Veritas

netbackup on HP storage works.

. Installing and troubleshooting network printers, copy machines,

scanners, plotters.

. Upgrading users from Windows 2000 to Windows XP and Windows Vista

Business.

. Troubleshooting Citrix Client Server connectivity issues, applications,

printers etc.

. Creation of active directory user accounts, exchange accounts, and other

3rd party application accounts such as Docs open, Innova, Postini, Track

it etc.

. Performed printer maintenance, install, upgrade, and resolved network

connectivity issues.

. Resolved remote desktop connectivity issues.

. Providing trainings and assistance to junior technicians and other

professionals basic OS and database systems.

. Created and lead sytem administration within active directory, open

directory and MS exchange for Mac and Windows environments with user

accounts, distribution and maintenance of security groups.

. Finalized and wrote documentation regarding corporate security, disaster

recovery, and company IT policy.

Environment: Windows 2000, 2003, Linux, AIX, HP-UX.

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