IT Infrastructure Consultant
LifeTech Inc
Total years of experience :26 years, 10 Months
- Designing solutions and discussing options with clients to improve their current environments.
- Design, deploy and maintain Linux/Unix platforms in Production, Test, and Dev environments, then configure platforms to achieve specific goals (availability, scalability, performance, security).
- Handling the entire activities related to IBM spectrum protect backups, Amazon Web Services implementation.
- Worked as part of the infrastructure technology team to maintain, monitor, and support Roger's Unix, Linux, and backup applications in distributed data centers and a 24/7 environment.
- Handled the entire activities related to backups, including the transition of the support from IBM to HCL, and helped Rogers to achieve a very solid steady-state environment with outstanding SLA percentage.
- Participated in the architecture and design of the new backup modernization project to upgrade the entire backup infrastructure, then carried out and implemented the whole project from start to end, migrated the backup solution from running on AIX Unix servers with TSM version 7.1 to a new Redhat Linux servers running Spectrum protect version 8.1, which significantly increased and enhanced the backup scope, capacity, and scalability.
- Supported TSM servers and TSM clients on various operating systems. Configured and supported various Tivoli data protection agents (Oracle, SQL, Domino, Exchange, VMware, and DB2), implemented LAN, and LAN FREE backup.
- Configured TSM to integrate with tape library/local disk/NAS/ IBM ProtecTIER and Data Domain VTL storage pools.
- Helped of managing AWS public cloud different activates including, configure and manage EC2 instances, EBS volumes, EIP, snapshots, and AMI images. Create and manage user accounts, groups, IAM roles, and policies. Create and manage S3 buckets, lifecycle policy, bucket policy, ACL permissions, and object versioning. Create and design new custom VPCs, configure their resources from subnets, security groups, routing tables, NACL, and internet and NAT gateways. Manage AWS services such as CloudWatch, load balancers, auto-scaling groups, etc.
- Managed and supported other backup tools such as NetBackup, Avamar, Veeam, and HP Data protector.
October 2010 to February 2016
May 2007 to February 2008
- Worked on projects to provide clients with stable tuned environments compliant with IBM's best practices.
- Provided 24/7 support for enterprise environments by handling and performing all activities and tasks related to IBM AIX operation system and IBM pSeries servers both Hardware and software such as; applying fixes and patches, performance tuning, problems determination and resolutions, LPAR and DLPAR creation, VIOs, HMC management, HACMP clusters.
- Worked on AIX and Linux system administration, kernel configurations & parameters tuning, troubleshooting systems & performance issues, package & patch management, Extensive experience in installation, configuration, and administration of AIX & Redhat Linux operating systems.
- Configured Kickstart servers for complete hands-free installation, NIM servers, Bash shell scripting, integration of various network-related services like NFS, CIFS, & DNS, installation and configuration of Apache web servers, monitor disks & disk spaces, LVM & RAID configuration, setup and administration of OS clusters, configure and troubleshoot network services such as DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP, and SNMP, managing users and groups, in addition to other related systems hardware and software related issues.
- Implemented a new TSM environment from the ground up, including software installation, tape library configuration, backup policies, storage pools creation, defining TSM nodes, install backup agents.
- Participated in disaster recovery projects and drills, to ensure the integrity & availability of client’s applications and data.
- Handled the entire gamut of activities related to TSM backups including daily backups monitoring, TSM database backup, expiration, migration, reclamation maintaining scratch volumes, monitor schedules of backups, troubleshoot errors from log files, update and upgrade of TSM servers and TSM clients.
- Installed and deployed new pSeries hardware, including connecting to HMC, SAN storage and Ethernet switch, AIX day to day operations and health check, LPAR and Dynamic LPAR administration, and resource management, configured VIO server via HMC and IVM on pSeries systems, HACMP (PowerHA) installation and configuration for high availability, configured AIX NIM server for streamlining the AIX installation process.
- Handled data center activities such as racking, stacking, cabling, installation & configuration of equipment and software.
- Worked as Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) consultant, where I planned and designed TSM backup solutions for new customers or enhanced and upgraded their existed backup solutions.
- Installed, configured & supported entire TSM server components in addition to all types of TSM client agents and TDPs.
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator.
Studying the customer’s environment and needs and accordingly, evaluate the TSM implementation plan, install and configure the TSM server, create TSM domain policies and nodes, create TSM administrative and clients schedules, create and configure TSM storage and storage pools.
- Install and Configure TSM Client on various Operating Systems (Windows, UNIX, Linux), create manual and scheduled Backup/Restore, Archive/Retrieve operations.
- Install and configure various Tivoli Data Protections (Oracle, SQL, Domino, Exchange, and DB2).
- Implement LAN and LAN FREE backup through installing and setting up SAN Storage Agent.
- Setup and Configure IBM SAN products (Storage, Switch, and Tape Library).
Implement the required cabling connecting all SAN devices, configure the SAN switches, and do the necessary Zoning. Configure IBM SAN Storage using IBM DS4000 Storage Manager creating LUNs, mapping hosts, firmware updates, and copy services.
- Install and configure IBM pSeries Servers.
- IBM AIX Unix administrator.
Install and configure AIX operating system (basic and full installation), firmware update, applying required PTFs Filesets and Patches, carry on daily administrative tasks (Defining users, configuring system storage, Schedules, Printing and Networking tasks).
- Setup, Install, and Configure AIX HACMP.
- AIX 5L LPAR and DLPAR installation and configuration.
- AIX 5L Micro Partitioning and Virtualization using Hardware Management Console (HMC) and Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM).
- Install and deploy IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC) products and Agents:
o TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk.
o TotalStorage Productivity Center for Fabric.
o TotalStorage Productivity Center for Data.
o Common Information Model Object Manager Agents (CIMOM).
- Install and deploy IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) products and Agents.
- Install Configure, and Support IBM xSeries & DELL PowerEdge Intel Base Servers.
- PC Team Coordinator. Coordinate, Manage, and Supervise14 employees.
- Install and Configure IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server on different platforms.
- Install and Configure IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client on various Operating Systems.
- Install and Configure various TSM agents (Tivoli Data Protection).
- Install and Configure IBM SAN products (Storage, Switch, and Tape Library).
- Install and configure IBM AIX pSeries Servers.
- IBM AIX Unix administrator. Installation, Configuration, and support.
- Install, Configure, and Support IBM Intel Base Servers (PC Servers, Netfinity Servers, and xSeries Servers).
- Installation, Administration, and Support Windows NT 4.0, Windows2000, Windows2003.
- Installation, Administration, and Support Domino Lotus Notes (4.x, 5.x, 6.x).
- Installation, Administration, and Support NextPOS (Restaurants Software).
-Install, Troubleshoot, and Support PC and Small systems (Software &Hardware).
- Install and configure IBM AIX pSeries Servers.
- IBM AIX Unix administrator. Installation, Configuration, and support.
- Install, Configure, and Support IBM Intel Base Servers (PC Servers, Netfinity Servers, and xSeries Servers).
- Installation, Administration, and Support Domino Lotus Notes (4.x, 5.x, 6.x).
- Installation, Administration, and Support Windows NT 4.0, Windows2000, Windows2003.
- Install, Troubleshoot, and Support PC and Small systems (Software &Hardware).