EMC Storage and VMware Administrator with 7+ years experience.

9/2014 – 10/2016

• Using internal tools for incident, problem and change management.
• Storage provisioning in EMC Symmetrix (DMX and VMAX), Clariion, Celerra, VNX using GUI/CLI.
• Advanced LUN Management - Meta LUNs and Thin Provisioning.
• De-allocating storage to reclaim space on storage arrays and decommissioning hosts.
• New Server connection to the Storage arrays. Registering the hosts to the Clariion/VNX/DMX/VMAX and creating Storage Groups and Masking Views.
• Remote replication in DMX/VMAX/Clariion/VNX using SRDF and MirrorView.
• Local replication in DMX/VMAX/Clariion/VNX using TimeFinder and SnapView.
• Storage migrations using SANCopy and OpenReplicator.
• SAN switch Administration: Cisco-MDS and Brocade.
• Administration tasks on switches include:
- Monitoring switch logs and reporting the errors.
- Configuring Ports according to their projected usage.
- Setting up ISLs and Trunks.
- Creating switch fabrics for SAN scalability.
- Firmware Upgrades on switches.
- Zoning end devices on the switches using GUI/CLI.
- Creating LSAN and IVR Zones to allow end devices communicate over long distances.
- Creating Virtual Fabrics and VSANs on switches for logical segregation of network.
• Host and Storage migrations using EMC VPLEX.
• Storage/Filesytem provisioning on NetApp arrays.
• Creating/Extending/Deletion of Aggregates, Volumes, QTrees, LUNs and NFS exports on NetApp FAS Series arrays using OnCommand Manager and CLI.
• Setting up of SnapShot/SnapMirror replication for applications residing on critical Volumes on NetApp arrays (DataOntap 7-Mode).
• Collecting NSanity Reports from hosts connected to NetApp storage arrays for analysis by vendor.
• Managing ISCSI Connections to the NetApp Arrays. Creating Initiator Groups for storage provisioning.
• Performing Code Upgrades on EMC and NetApp Storage Arrays.
• Configuring and managing IPSpaces and VFilers in NetApp.
• RecoverPoint integration with EMC VPLEX.
• Host migrations using PPME (PowerPath Migration Enabler).
• Assisting and coordinating in new Storage/Switch implementations.
• Data migration using SRDF.
• Experience with Installation, configuration and management of VMware ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 versions. vSphere, vCenter setup and configuration.
• Experience with Installation, configuration and qualification of Storage and VMware environments.

Testen, Testdesign (IT), Systemmigration, Konfiguration, EMC Navisphere

7/2012 – 9/2014

• Using internal tools for incident, problem and change management.
• Storage provisioning in EMC Symmetrix (DMX and VMAX), Clariion, Celerra, VNX using GUI/CLI.
• Advanced LUN Management - Meta LUNs and Thin Provisioning.
• De-allocating storage to reclaim space on storage arrays and decommissioning hosts.
• New Server connection to the Storage arrays. Registering the hosts to the Clariion/VNX/DMX/VMAX and creating Storage Groups and Masking Views.
• Remote replication in DMX/VMAX/Clariion/VNX using SRDF and MirrorView.
• Local replication in DMX/VMAX/Clariion/VNX using TimeFinder and SnapView.
• Storage migrations using SANCopy and OpenReplicator.
• EMC Centera Administration: Pool/Profile creation, replication, CICM, retention policies, compliance settings etc.
• SAN switch Administration: Cisco-MDS and Brocade.
• Administration tasks on switches include:
- Monitoring switch logs and reporting the errors.
- Configuring Ports according to their projected usage.
- Setting up ISLs and Trunks.
- Creating switch fabrics for SAN scalability.
- Firmware Upgrades on switches.
- Zoning end devices on the switches using GUI/CLI.
- Creating LSAN and IVR Zones to allow end devices communicate over long distances.
- Creating Virtual Fabrics and VSANs on switches for logical segregation of network.
• Support enterprise directors and departmental switches from Brocade and Cisco.
• Perform health checks, zoning configurations, switch configuration, firmware upgrades.
• Troubleshoot switch hardware and software issues via CLI/GUI
• Switch logs analysis for reported hardware/software issues.
• VPLEX Configuration – Local, Metro and Geo.
• Creating Storage Volumes, Extents, Devices, Distributed Devices, Metadata Volumes and Virtual Volumes on a VPLEX using Unisphere for VPLEX and VPLEXCLI.
• Provisioning Virtual Volumes as storage to the hosts by creating Storage Views.
• Data Mobility of Device and Extents in a VPLEX.
• Consolidating EMC and Non-EMC arrays under one Virtual Environment using VPLEX.
• Troubleshooting different hardware and software issues on a VPLEX.
• GeoSync code upgrades on VPLEX.
• Migration of Virtual Machines over long distances using Storage Vmotion.
• Integration of Storage Devices like EMC Symmetrix (DMX and VMAX), EMC VNX, EMC Clariion, HP EVA, IBM SAN Storage Devices, Hitachi SAN Storage Devices etc. with VPLEX.
• Provisioning storage from EMC Storage Devices to VPLEX and virtualizing the same on the VPLEX level.
• Recoverpoint integration with EMC VPLEX.

Konfiguration, EMC Navisphere

10/2009 – 7/2012

• Performing morning checks on different storage devices like EMC Clariion, VNX, Celerra, Symmetrix.
• Checks on SAN switches like Cisco, Brocade and Management tools like ECC, ESRS.
• Monitoring the EMC Storage Devices in the environment using EMC Control Center, EMC Centera Console for alerts and warnings and reporting the same in the morning checks.
• Creating Service Requests with EMC for technical issues and driving them to closure.
• Using internal tools for incident, problem, asset and change management.
• Storage provisioning in EMC Symmetrix (DMX and VMAX), Clariion, Celerra, VNX.
• Creating and allocating SRDF LUNs to the hosts (using SYMCLI).
• Advanced LUN Management - Creating Meta LUNs and Thin LUNs and allocating them to the servers.
• Expanding the Meta LUNs by creating and adding more LUNs to the existing Meta LUNs.
• Creating and allocating LUNs to hosts from Clariion and VNX storage devices using EMC Unisphere or EMC Navisphere GUI.
• De-allocating storage and deleting devices to recover space on Symmetrix DMX and VMAX using Solutions Enabler SYMCLI.
• De-allocating storage and destroying LUNs to recover space on Clariion and VNX using the Navisphere/Unisphere GUI.
• New Server connection to the Storage arrays.
• Registering the hosts to the Clariion/VNX in the Navisphere/Unisphere GUI and creating Storage Groups and Masking Views.
• Configuring SRDF, SnapView, MirrorView, TimeFinder and SAN Copy replication solutions.
• Creating pools and profiles on EMC Centera based on the application usage and setting the required compliance and retention policies.
• Configuring and administering replication on Centera.
• Performing CICM (Centera Inter Cluster Migration).
• Storage/Filesytem provisioning on NetApp arrays.
• Creating/Extending/Deletion of Aggregates, Volumes, QTrees, LUNs and NFS exports on NetApp FAS Series arrays using OnCommand Manager and CLI.
• Creating/Testing shell scripts for automating tasks performed on VMAX arrays (SYMCLI) and switches.
• Monitoring and administering SAN switches from Cisco-MDS and Brocade.
• Administration tasks on switches included:
- Monitoring switch logs and reporting the errors.
- Configuring Ports according to their projected usage.
- Setting up ISLs and Trunks.
- Creating switch fabrics for SAN scalability.
- Firmware Updgrades on switches.
- Performing PWWN Zoning on the switches using GUI/CLI.
- Creating LSAN and IVR Zones to allow end devices communicate over long distances.
- Disabling and enabling the ports on the switches according to the business requirements.

Testen, Testdesign (IT), Konfiguration, EMC Navisphere