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BHARATH

Highly skilled, self motivated IT professional with over 6 years of experienceas an SAN Administrator having hands on experience in StorageAdministration (HITACHI / HP / EMC), supporting multiple platforms andapplications.

• Expert in administration of critical SAN environment.

• Expertise in HP P9500, XP24k, XP12K, HP XP1024 & HP XP128Storage Arrays.

• Expertise in Hitachi 9585, 9980V, USP100, USP1100, USPV StorageArrays.

• Strong Expertise working on Brocade Director switches and CiscoDirector switches.

• Experience with Multi-tier Enterprise Storage systems design,

installation, migration, virtualization, management, monitoring,Performance analysis & Reporting.

• Experience in installation, configuration and maintenance of Storage

Area Networks in a heterogeneous environment using HP P9500,XP24k, XP12K, HP XP1024 & HP XP128, Hitachi USP 1100, USP600, EMC Clariion, Hitachi 9980, AMS 2100 & IBM XIV.

• Experience with virtualizing External Storage to Hitachi USP series

using Hitachi Universal Volume Manager and migration of data fromEMC to Hitachi using HTSM.

• Experience working on Hitachi DR replication technology True Copy &

HUR.• Excellent experience on Hitachi local replication technology like

Shadow Image.

• Experience with Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning on Enterprise & ModularStorage Arrays.

• Expertise in Storage Navigator, Fabric Manager, Device Manager.

• Expertise in Storage Provisioning on Hitachi & HP arrays.

• Strong experience in providing SAN security using Zoning.

• Adept in learning new technologies and quickly adaptable to new

environment.

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Excellent analytical problem solving, communication, knowledge transferand interpersonal skills with ability to interact with individuals at all levels.• Ability to be flexible, pro actively manage workload, meet aggressive

deadlines, organize and prioritize work.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE



Hardware: HP P9500, HP XP24K, HP XP 12K and XP1024, Hitachi USP V/VM,Hitachi USP1100, Hitachi USP600, Hitachi USP100, Hitachi 9585, Hitachi 9980V,Hitachi AMS2000 series, AMS1000, HP XP12K, HP XP1024, HP XP128, EMCClariion, IBM XIV etc.

SAN Switches: Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, 9506 and 9140 and Brocade DirectorSwitches, 48000.

Applications / Software: Cisco Fabric Manager & Brocade Web Tool, HDSDevice Manager, HDS storage Navigator, HDS storage Navigator 2, HTSM, HPcommand View, HP Command View XP AE, HP Performance Advisor, EMCNavisphere.

PC and Server Operating Systems: Unix, Windows 2000/2003/XP,VMware3.5/4.0.

Client: Johnson and Johnson, Raritan, NJ

Oct’ 2011 -PresentRole: SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administered HP XP24K, XP12K and XP1024 and HP EVAarrays.

• Managed and administered HP P9500 storage array.

• Created and managed DP Pools in HP XP24K and HP P9500 arrays.

• Reclaiming storage from HP XP12K and XP24K using Web console.

• Managed and administrated Hitachi AMS 2100 & AMS 2500 models.• Configured Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning on AMS 2500 and AMS2100.

• Storage Provisioning/Reclaiming from Clariion using NavisphereManager, creating RAID groups, Meta LUNs, Storage groups and assignedLUNs to host.

• Manage Clariion using Unisphere to create Thin pool, Raid groups,

Storage groups, Thin LUNs, Meta LUNs and assigned storage to host.• Configured zoning which included aliasing WWN, creating zones, add

members to zone, add zone to zoneconfig and activate zoneconfig onBrocade DCX by using Web tools and telnet.

• Worked on Brocade switch models, DCX, 48000 24000, 5480, 5100,

2400, 8012, 4100.• Configuring, troubleshooting & performing Zoning on Brocade Switches

using WebTools.

• Configured and Managed Hitachi Dynamic Tiering on HP P9500.

• Installation and configuration of Business Copy.

• Configured and Managed Universal Replicator.

• Configuration of the CCI server for the HORCM files.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE



• Virtualized Hitachi AMS & EMC Clariion to HP XP24K array using universal

volume manager.

• Migrated data from EMC array to HP XP24K storage array using HTSM.

• Created and updated the storage Documentation. Problem analysis andCapacity planning. Monitor the storage environment. Set up the alerts andcreate the logs. Set up the user accounts on storage devices.

• Health monitoring of SAN components. Collect the data for trending.Create daily logs, perform capacity planning and monitor Backup storageand utilization performance.

• On-call support for SAN environment.• Dealt with Troubleshooting issues related to Storage, Configuration Errors

and Connectivity Issues.

Client: UHG, MNMar’10 – Sep’2011 Role: Sr. SAN Administrator Responsibilities:

• Managed and administrated Hitachi USP V, USP 1100, USP 100

models.• Managed and administrated Hitachi AMS 2100 & AMS 2500 models.

• Managed and administrated Hitachi 9980v, 9585 models.

• Managed and administrated HP XP12K Arrays.

• Managing EMC Clariion storage arrays using EMC Navisphere.

• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Hi Command device manger.

• Configured data migration using external storage.

• Storage Provisioning on Hitachi USP arrays through Storage

Navigator.

• Storage Provisioning on Hitachi AMS arrays through StorageNavigator Modular 2.

• Installation and configuration of Hitachi external storage forexternalizing and migrating EMC storage to Hitachi storage array.

• Migrated from EMC CLARiiON to Hitachi USP 1100 using Hitachi TieredStorage Manager.

• Managed Cisco switch, created VSAN, added members to zones, added

zones to zone set and activated zone set using command line interface.

• Configure Dynamic Provisioning on Hitachi USP arrays.

• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Shadow Image.• Installation and configuration of Hitachi True Copy (async).


• Installation of Fiber adapters, installation of Fiber switches, Zoning.

• Provided Support and administer assistance within the SAN environments.

Performed the basic trouble shooting techniques and problem resolution toidentify the HBA or driver software problems on Aix, Windows platforms.



• Experience with handling of the production support ticketing.

• Integration of SAN management tools into operation. Updated SAN

configuration inventory and installation documentation. Technical reviewof the hardware, software, mitigating risk and the deployment process.

• Created and updated the storage Documentation. Problem analysis andCapacity planning. Monitor the storage environment. Set up the alerts

and create the logs. Set up the user accounts on storage devices.• Health monitoring of SAN components. Collect the data for trending.

Create daily logs, perform capacity planning.

Client: Great Florida Bank, Miami, FL July’ 09 - Feb’10Role: Sr. SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

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Design Storage Architecture and setup complete SAN environment.• Managed and administered configuration of Hitachi USP 1100 arrays

using Storage Navigator.

• Managed and administered configuration of Hitachi AMS 2300 using

Storage Navigator Modular 2.

• Managed and administered configuration of Hitachi AMS 1000 & AMS500 using Storage Navigator Modular.

• Administration and configuration of Cisco MDS 9513 and Cisco MDS9509 using Cisco Fabric Manager.

• Creating LUSE & assigning LDEVS through Storage Navigator.

• Create RAID groups, Storage groups on AMS 1000 and AMS 500 arrays.

• Establishing SAN Security using Zoning.• Install & Configure Shadow Image for Local replication.• Install & Configure True Copy for Remote replication.

• Install and configure Cisco San Switches at both Primary & DR site.

• Configuring, troubleshooting & performing Zoning on Cisco Switches usingCisco Fabric Manager.

• Setting up the SAN environment for development & testing needs.

• Troubleshooting the problems remotely.


• Provision storage to Windows, Unix and AIX servers.

• Monitoring Events & translating them to a readable format.• Following change control procedures for disk assignment, space

allocation, LUN expansion.



Client: Overstock.com, Salt Lake City, UTAug’ 08 - Aug’09Role: SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administered HP XP12K & XP1024 storage arrays using

HP Command View XP.• Administration and configuration of Cisco MDS 9509 using Cisco Fabric

Manager.

• Install and configure Cisco San Switches at both Primary & DR site.

• Managed Brocade Switches using CLI & Brocade Web tools.

• Day to day responsibilities including Configuration and Allocation of storage from HP XP12K AND HP XP 1024 storage arrays using HPCommand View XP.

• Made copies of production data by configuring Business Copy for Localreplication and Continuous Access for Remote replication.

• Following change control procedures for disk assignment, spaceallocation, LUN expansion.

• Zoning, planning access and permissions administration on Brocadefabric.

• Administration on device creation, allocation, LUSE, zoning & topology

management.

• Configure and management of performance of the storage using HPperformance advisor.

• Updated SAN configuration inventory and installationdocumentation. Technical review of the hardware, software, mitigatingrisk and the deployment process.

Client: Aspen Healthcare, Kent, OhioFeb’08- Jul’ 08

Role: SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

•Allocation of storage to Clariion arrays CX400 and CX600.

• Created, expanded, destroyed raid groups using Navisphere Managerand monitored the status.

• Performed binding and unbinding LUNs. Created, expanded and

dissolved meta LUNs using Navisphere. Created striped andconcatenated Meta LUNs.



• Created Storage Groups, registered the host, added LUNs and connectedhosts to a storage group using Navicli. Performed volume access controlusing Access Logix.

• Configure zoning, masking, mapping host to the storage array andtroubleshooting any connectivity issues.

• Configure Snapview snapshots, snapview clones, SAN copy & mirror

view.

Client: Satyam, Hyderabad, India Jun’06- Jan’ 08Role: SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• SAN Administration in a storage environment consisting of Clariion CX-

400/600, Brocade 12k Enterprise directors, Brocade 3900/ 3800switches.

• Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX / Solaris /HP / Linux and

Windows Operating Systems and installed Symcli software.

• Successfully allocated Storage using ECC, Navisphere and Navicli foropen systems storage environment from Clariion to Windows, Solaris,HPUX, AIX and Linux servers.

• Configuring, troubleshooting and monitoring SAN technologies on EMCConnectrix.

• Used Fabric Manager, Webtools and Brocade CLI effectively toconfigure zones for all Brocade switch fabrics in a SAN environment.

• Responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of hardware,

firmware and Software upgrades to arrays, switches, host bus adapters,drivers, client agents.

• Experienced with Management software such as Control Center, Webtools and PowerPath.

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