Manager Management

VENKATA ARUN KRISHNA MAHENDRAKAR

VMWARE/WINDOWS ADMIN

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Over 5 years of experience as VMware Administration and Windows Administration.

Comprehensive Hands-On Experience in Designing, Implementing, VMware Virtualization Technologies, Storage Design, Microsoft Technologies and Network Infrastructure.

Designed, Installed and Configured VMware ESX/ESXi within vSphere 3.5, 4,4.1,5,5.5 and VMware View 4.5, 4.6 environments, Consolidated Backup, load balancing, DRS, HA, FT, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery, vCloud directory & VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0/4.5

Experience in maintaining VMware ESX / ESXi environment, Microsoft Windows Server, EMC Storage Arrays,Data Center management and day-to-day operations with Skill and Efficiency.

Built, Configured and Deployed VMs and Templates. Migrated Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) Migration of Windows XP, 7, 2000, 2003, & 2008 from VMware and Hyper-V

Experience Working within a Cross Functional Team Environment to Achieve Position Objectives.

Successfully migrated Citrix Presentation Server from 4.5 to Xenapp 5.0

Proficient in Developing Procedural & Technical Artifacts for Support & Customer Implementation.

Automated software provisioning, operating system distribution, patch management and asset management with WSUS infrastructure.

Implementing patch management (WSUS and VCM) and monthly update/maintenance policies.

Installed Patches and Host Profiles on ESXi hosts and virtual machines using VMware Update Manager

Experience with vBlock Overview and SAN Storage administration

Designed and Implemented VMware environment backup procedures and disaster recovery solutions

Worked with Fiber SAN/iSCSI SAN/NAS (EMC (CX30), NetApp, Dell MD3000i Dell MD 3200i, and troubleshooting SAN related issues and upgraded firmware of SANs in VMware and Windows

Worked on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC.

Failover clustered Hyper-V environments and Create virtual machines within Hyper-V.

Strong experience in System Administration, Installation, Upgrading, Patches, Migration, Configuration, Troubleshooting, Security, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Performance Monitoring and Fine-tuning on UNIX (SUN Solaris, Red Hat Linux, Linux SUSE verions)Systems.

Configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining Linux and Unix infrastructure for a mid-sized educational services company. Provide ongoing management, performance-tuning and Tier 3 support for approximately 50 Linux and also checking the performance tuning,project manage,security and trouble shooting.

Administration of Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 / R2 Failover Clusters.

Plan, Design and Implement Hyper-V Clustered environment, providing High Availability and Failover and Migration of Hyper-V cluster 2008 R2 to Server 2012 Hyper-V cluster

Worked on Dell Powervault Manager, Active Directory Services, Wireshark, PRTG, Perfmon, ESXTOP, Xangati, Remote Desktop Connections.

Designed and maintained infrastructure using Dell and HP ProLiant Servers, Wyse Thin and Zero Clients, Storage Hardware, Cisco Routers and Catalyst Switches, Symantec Backup and Antivirus.

Concepts for latest Technologies, Documentation and verifying Test cases for Future implementations of VSphere 5.5, VMware VOPS (VMware Operations Manager) and VMware vShield.

Worked on Third party product software and enterprise administrator.

vCenter, vRealize Automation vRA (VCAC+VCO+VCM+ITBM+VCOPs+AppDir) VMware vCenter Orchestrator.

Configured and Deployed the VRA7.0 and created the documentation for it.

Create a vCloud Air (vCloud Director) endpoint, Blueprint & publishing a catalog and also with vRA portal using as the infrastructure admin.

create an Endpoint Create a new Fabric group (Infrastructure Admin)and also giving a reservation for the vCloud Air endpoint (Fabric Admin).

Set up as Infrastructure Reservation and create a new cloud reservation of type vApp (vCloud), as Fabric Admin user, selecting the mapped endpoint and the business group. Setting up the Network tab and select the network you want to map to the reservation. Create & Publish vApp Component Blueprint (Tenant Admin).After publishing the blueprint we can see blueprints in catalog item. From there we can request as Guest OS and request for that.

Worked with small environment with orchestrator. The scripts are already published in library in orchestrator . For new VM any size medium or bulk we run with VMware orchestrator to create automatically resource pool, admin and operations with group AD access. Network for the VDC and also communicating through email communications. Here with orchestrator the VM provisioned with running script which shows as a success and also worked on failure scenarios in orchestrator we see in bulk flow fail, then we need to right click and observe the work flow and also looking in variables and from there order number and search.

Coding is built for VM creation and deletion and stored in library.

Used Jira for ticketing and clearing the issues day to day.

Had a high level knowledge transfer on Nutanix.

Worked as Nutanix GSO for nutanix.

Installed and configured the nutanix blocks for different clients from end to end deployment.and created the documentations for the deployment and transfer the knowledge to the client.

Had hands on expierence on nutanix web portal like PRISM and PRISM CENTERAL.

Foundation VM, creating clusters .

Having high level Nutanix architecture

CERTIFICATIONS:

VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) by August 2016.

NUTANIX- NPP Certified.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software

vRealize Automation vRA 7 (VCAC+VCO+VCM+ITBM+VCOPs+AppDir,VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.05.5, VMware ESX 2.5/3.0/3.5, VMware ESXi 3.5/4.0/4.1/5.1,5.5,VMware vCenter, vSphere Client,NSX 6.0,linux (RHEL) 6.1, Linux (Red Hat, SUSE/OpenSUSE, CentOS),VMware VDI, VCO, VCD, Vshpere data protection, API, VMware ThinApp, View 4.6/5.0, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMAX, VMware Update Manager, Platespin migrator, Quest Vconvertor, vCloud director, Vops, and vshieldEdge.

Network

Cisco Catalyst switches, L3 and L2 switches, Checkpoint, Netgear, HP Switches (Flex switches), NSX 6.1.

Storage

Dell PowerVault, EqualLogic PS Series, NetApp, EMC Clarions, LUNs, Storage arrays, Hitachi Storage HUS 150.

Servers

UCS cisco servers,Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant DL Series, ML Series, ACP Thin Clients, IBM servers, Air watch console.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CLIENT: FIS, FL Oct 2015 –Till Date

Role: VMware ADMINISTRATOR

Administration of virtualized infrastructure solutions and taking Responsible for maintaining UCS cisco servers R210-212, IBM x3650 M3 and HP C7000 servers in Data Center.

Good Understanding and Knowledge components and experience with Cisco UCS administration.

Strong experience in Installation, Upgrading, Patches, Migration, Configuration, Troubleshooting, Security, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Performance Monitoring on UCS cisco servers and HP C7000 servers DL 380,560 and Creating and managing host profiles for the clusters.

Responsible for maintaining the cloud organization and handling more than 500 VM’s in Data center.

vCenter upgrade from 5.0u to 5.5u and Consolidating hosts and cluster moving from one vCenter to another vCenter

Server Migrations: P2V/P2P/V2V using Plate spin/Double-take and VMware converter.

VMware ESX server Hardware setup in all sites with HA/DRS Clustering/vMotion.

Monitoring and troubleshooting vSphere performance: CPU, memory, disk/storage, and other issues.

Participated/coordinated Weekly Status meetings and reported on the project status, Incident Reports and Change Management for the transition process.

Upgrading the vCenter 5.0u to 5.5u/VMware Tools/ Hardware versions / ESXi host and Installed and configured vCenter Server, Clusters and resource pools.

Migrating hosts from one vCenter to another vCenter by Recreating the vDC and clusters and permissions and also manually recreate the permission sets and clusters etc.

Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware Convertor.

Monitoring and managing performance of ESXi servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server

Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.

Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX /ESXi & Virtual Machines

Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates

VM migration across cluster level using v2v, Mount files option and SCP.

Implementation of Host Profile in development cluster.

Perform troubleshooting of operating system and software infrastructure issues on Domain Controllers, Member Servers, Server Clusters, and Virtual Machine Farms

Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion, Storage VMotion.

VMware tools upgrading and VMware Hardware upgrade.

Worked with system, network, security, and storage engineering teams to prepare and configure new servers for the VMware ESX environment.

Involved Datacenter server migration and SAN storage migration Activities.

Responsible for Disaster Recovery process implementation for the critical servers in the infrastructure.

Installed and configured vCenter Server, Clusters and resource pools.

Co-ordinate with Data center team for connectivity issues in ESX/SAN and the hard ware issues.

Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters with IBM servers and IBM SAN storage.

Build, configure and deploy VMware Virtual Machines and templates.

Implemented DRS affinity and non-affinity rules for the vms in the clusters.

Created and managed Standard and Distributed Switches (dvSwitch) in the vCenter servers for making use of best network design and stability across the vCenter servers.

Responsible for VMware and ESX patch management using vCenter update manager.

Responsible for troubleshooting vCenter and ESXi issues and system hardware failures.

Configuration of VMotion, vSwitch, and VLAN in VMware Virtual center.

Created resource pools and added VM's into the pools.

Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center,

Responsible for SQL server database administration of vCenter.

Configured the Security Policies /group policies and changing the registry to meet the required security for the Organization.

Working on troubleshooting the triggered alarms generated from VMware vCenter Server

Responsible for performing monthly patching on infrastructure servers.

Using Hot Plug feature for increasing the performances of virtual machine.

Troubleshoot the ESX issues and provide Root Cause Analysis.

Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware Convertor.

Monitoring and managing performance of ESXi servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server

Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.

Worked on automation tool VRA 7 installing and configuring

Worked on scripting like PowerShell and PowerCLi for Automation

Creating the Multi blueprints in v Realize Automation.

Connecting vcenter in v Realize Automation. & configure vsphere and vcloud director endpoints.

Managed, supported and configured corporate servers (Clustered Exchange 2003, Windows 2000 Server/Windows Server 2003, MSSQL 200/2005/2008, Terminal Services and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) v3) on IBM servers.

ENVIRONMENT:, v Realize Automation 7,VMware vsphere5.0/5.5,Cisco UCS servers, HP C7000 blades DL 380,560 G4 G7, IBM X servers, Windows 2008 r2, SQL server, Active directory server, VMware ESXi 5.5 Server, Red Hat 6.1,Ubuntu, VMware vCenter client, VMAX 40k,VMware Standalone Convertor, vshpere update manager.

CLIENT: EMC, CA March 2015 –Sep 2015

Role: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Installed and configured vCenter Server, Clusters and resource pools.

Co-ordinate with Data center team for connectivity issues in ESX/SAN and the hard ware issues.

Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters with IBM servers and IBM SAN storage.

Build, configure and deploy VMware Virtual Machines and templates.

Implemented DRS affinity and non-affinity rules for the vms in the clusters.

Created and managed Standard and Distributed Switches (dvSwitch) in the vCenter servers for making use of best network design and stability across the vCenter servers.

Responsible for vmware and ESX patch management using vCenter update manager.

Responsible for troubleshooting vCenter and ESXi issues and system hardware failures.

Configuration of VMotion, vSwitch, and VLAN in VMware Virtual center.

Created resource pools and added VM's into the pools.

Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center

Responsible for performing monthly patching on infrastructure servers.

Using Hot Plug feature for increasing the performances of virtual machine.

Troubleshooting Backup & Restore issues and provide Root Cause Analysis in ATT standard format.

Troubleshoot the ESX issues and provide Root Cause Analysis.

Research, troubleshoot, and resolve system performance issues and outages.

Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.

Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.

Skilled in developing applications in Python language for multiple platforms.

Designed and maintained databases using Python.

Tested and evaluated code done by new coders.

Monitored quality metrics and executed automated tests.

Tested and implemented applications built using Python.

Handled projects with least supervision.

Deployed multiple projects and ensured quality, and timely completion.

ENVIRONMENT: ESXi4/4.1/5.1, vCenter 4/5, Windows 2008 r2, SQL server, Python scripting Active directory server, RedHat 6.1,SUSE Linux enterprise, cent OS, VMware vCenter client, IBM storage, VMware Standalone Convertor, vshpere data protection, vshpere update manager, VMware vcenter operation manager (VCOPS), Platespin, Doubletake, Veeam backup,NSX 6.

CLIENT: AT&T, REDMOND, WA March 2013 –Feb 2015

Role: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Responsible for maintaining around 65+ VMware ESXi 5.5 Hosts & 700+ guest virtual machines (VMs) in Data Center.

Installed and configured vCenter Servers and also configured Clusters and resource pools for CaaS (Computing as a Service) Instance builds UCS Cisco, Super micro servers and HP C7000 chassis.

Working in ATT data center checking the connectivity from HP C7000 to SAN, Juniper MX960 and supporting the hard ware issues in the lab.

Served as an L3 escalation point for L1 and L2 tech support (no direct call taking) for VMware infrastructure specific related issues as well as more advanced server side issues

Providing L2 & L3 support (H/W & S/W) for all the Windows Servers.

Installed the NSX 6 and configured with cloud infrastructure.

Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters with HP servers and Hitachi SAN Storage HUS 150.

Used Cisco 2911 terminal server for login access for consoles like ILO, Flex switches, HP c7000 blades, DL 380P Juniper routers MX960.

Designed and maintained infrastructure using Dell and HP ProLiant Servers, Wyse Thin and Zero Clients, Storage Hardware, Cisco Routers and Catalyst Switches, Symantec Backup and Antivirus.

Installed the NSX 6 and configured with cloud infrastructure .

Worked with vCloud directory to data services as virtual data centers that provide virtualized compute, networking, and Storage and security.

Working with jira tikcets for creating the different organization v Cloud directory with specific requirments and creating the sandbox in vCloud directory.

Build, configure and deploy VMware Virtual Machines and templates.

Creating and managing multiple snapshots.

Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters with IBM servers and IBM SAN storage.

Build, configure and deploy VMware Virtual Machines and templates.

Implemented DRS affinity and non-affinity rules for the vms in the clusters.

Created and managed Standard and Distributed Switches (dvSwitch) in the vCenter servers for making use of best network design and stability across the vCenter servers.

Responsible for VMware and ESX patch management using vCenter update manager.

Responsible for troubleshooting vCenter and ESXi issues and system hardware failures.

Configured Clusters for the ESXi hosts and created Anti-Affinity rules in the DRS to either keep the VMs together or separate them on ESXi hosts.

Created Standard and Distributed Switches (dvSwitch) in the vCenter servers for making use of best network design and stability across the vCenter servers.

Installed and configured vCenter update manager for installing ESXi patches and also to upgrade ESXi Kernel.

Took active part in troubleshooting vCenter and ESXi issues and also in system hardware failures.

Migrating infrastructure VMs from vshpere ESXi hosts.

Configuration of VMotion, vSwitch, and VLAN in VMware Virtual center.

Created resource pools and added VM's into the pools.

Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory.

Working on troubleshooting the triggered alarms generated from VMware vCenter Server and solving the SNMP traps rise in vCenter.

Responsible for performing monthly patching on infrastructure servers.

Using Hot Plug feature for increasing the performances of virtual machine.

Troubleshooting Backup & Restore issues and provide Root Cause Analysis in ATT standard format.

Responsible for generating monthly CaaS usage reports to management for billing purpose.

Resolve AOTS tickets and create Root Cause Analysis in Wiki page.

Research, troubleshoot, and resolve system performance issues and outages.

Validating and supporting new cloud solutions. This involves UAT, ORT testing and driving operational requirements. Outputs include Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Execution and Production Verification.

Provided 24/7 on call support for Offshore team.

Worked on VSphere Data Protection for virtual machine backups and disaster recovery.

Managed separate VMware clusters like QA, Development and Production.

Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.

VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates.

Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware Convertor.

Created and Managed resource pools for Virtual Machines

Monitoring and managing performance of ESXi servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server for HA, DRS.

Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.

Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple Storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal Storage.

Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines

Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates

Management of Mobile applications software running on each virtual Machine running different Operating system like RedHat 6.1, CentOS 5.7, SUSE Linux enterprise 11 sp3, star OS 16.0 and solaris OS.

ENVIRONMENT: VMware vsphere5.5/6,NSX6.1x, Cisco UCS servers, Super micro servers, vCloud Director v5.5,HP C7000 Chassis, GEN8 BL 480c servers, DL 380P, VMware ESXi 5.5 Server, RedHat 6.1,SUSE Linux enterprise, Solaris OS, cent OS, VMware vCenter client, Storage HUS150, Juniper routers MX 960,VMware Standalone Convertor, vshpere data protection, vshpere update manager, HP virtual connect manager, VMware vcenter operation manager (VCOPS) and ware vcenter realize operation manager (VROPS).

CLIENT: Nord InfoTech, India Dec 2010 –Nov 2011

Role: Junior System Administrator

• Configured the Security Policies /group policies and changing the registry to meet the required security for the Organization.

• Installed and configured WINS, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IIS and Terminal Services.

• Monitoring of Production ESX servers using BMC Remedy Action Request System and HP open view for alerts and taking corrective actions.

• Incident, Problem, Change, Capacity, Availability, SLA Management.

• VM Deployment, VM Tools upgrade, Operating system template updates, disk, CPU, memory, NIC management, clones and snapshots.

• Plan and implement Version Upgrades, Enable Alarms, Assign and Revoke user privileges, Design and Manage VM hierarchy, and License management.

• Performing different ESX server & Virtual Machine related tasks like vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability (HA), DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduling), Cloning, Snapshots, Quick Provisioning of VMs, Standard Templates for different OS and Customers, P2V and V2V, Hot-Add of disks to VMs.

ENVIRONMENT: Windows 2000/2003 Servers, VMware, Active Directory, NAS, IIS 4/5/6, REDHAT Linux, Cisco routers and switches.

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