VDI Consultant
Salam Technology
Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months
Working with Salam Technology for client Doha Bank Qatar
Hands on managing virtual infra having more than 5000 VDIs and 350 Servers with Hyper-V and VMware Esxi Clusters for UK based Nationwide Building Society (NBS) banking & financial company.
•Managing Hyper-V, VMware Clusters separately.
•Managing Citrix user profile using Appsense, resetting user profile if needed.
•Working with AppSense Environment Manager to move users from one system to another.
•Configuring Citrix Secure Gateway /NetScaler’s, Configuring SSL in Citrix Web interface using Certificate Services.
•Installation of Netscaler VPX, MPX, configured load balancing for GSLB.
•Netscaler firmware upgrading, updating licenses. Configuring RSA secure login for Netscaler login.
•Performing daily health checks for Citrix infra.
•Managing, repairing corrupted VMs using SCVMM cluster login.
•Performing schedule daily, weekly reboot of Citrix servers and VDI with power cycle management.
•Moving VMs from one cluster to another cluster.
•Moving VMs from one Cisco Flexpod Storage to another Flexpod storage.
•Managing VLAN ids of VMs.
•Creating VDIs and maintaining daily VDI stock levels with running task sequence and tagging VMs.
•performing VDI allocation, de-allocation task.
•Rebuilding VDIs, Servers and migrating Xenapp server to 7.15. Working with daily task
•Recycling of unused VDIs as per schedule to increase disk space on storage and to increase performance.
•Managing Storage Capacity Planningwhile creating VDI clusterwise.
•Migration of Xenapp servers from 4.5 to 7.x and now planning for 7.6LTSR to 7.15LTSR
•Worked with Xenapp4.5>7.6, Xendesktop 5.6>7.6>7.15 and PVS 6.1>7.6>7.15.
•To come with walk through with client to Work with new projects.
•To diagnosis daily ICA latency, slowness issues in cloud infra.
•Checking Citrix certificates for its license expiry and renewal.
•Creating PVS VDISK and Performing Pilot in and Pilot out with UAT before promoting to production.
•Raising incident, roll out planning for change and emergency changes, preparing change template.
•Follow all BAU process within business hrs like daily team meeting, new project meetings, working with major incidents, Tasks, replying to client queries.
•Preparing HLD, DLD documents. Providing SIP on regularly basis.
•Updating Netscaler firmware as per need.
•Worked with major P2 incidents and prepared KB articles.
•Involving in RCA process, and attend meetings for major and breached incidents.
•Incident queue management with Service Now incident management Tool
Project Name: HP-CRIS-Center for Railway Information Systems, COA 24x7 Real Time Live Projects- Data Center installation & Migration.
•Installation of Mount Rack/Blade Server HP Proliant -DL-385 G2, Jack Panel, Cisco L2-L3 Switches, TFT with KVM switch, Brocade SAN switch, HP SAN -EVA-4100 /4400, Disk Controller, Connection of Patch cords, and Fiber channels HBA. Configured redundant PDU for all above equipment.
•Remote location server Installation by using HP-ILO for HP Server & using DRAC for Dell Servers.
•Installation of HP Smart Center, Emulex, Command View.
•Installation Windows 2003 R2/ 2008R2 Server for Raid-1. on HP Proliant -DL-385 G2 Server
•Implementation of DNS, DHCP, Active directory on windows Server 2003R2 and 2008R2/2012R2
•Assigned two servers as Application Servers. (AP1 & AP2)
•Configured NLB (Network Load Balancing) in both Application servers to work with single common ip
•Other two servers are assigned as Database servers (DB1 & DB2)
•Installed and configured Oracle 10g server and client 10g on DB and Console pc.
•Assigned virtual (V Lan) LAN in both database servers and further configured IP to work with single IP.
•Configured 2 manageable Switches Cisco catalyst 2950&Cisco catalyst 3750.
•Configured Storage Area Network (SAN) HP-EVA 4100/ 4400 with 146GB*10Nos Disk Array&Brocade 4x8 SAN switch.
•Using command view created LUN.
•Configured all clients Compaq dc-5750 for Windows XP/ Vista/Windows7 with Raid1.
•Network Teaming done in all clients for Load Balancing, Failover and redundancy.
•Blocking of USB ports on all clients to secure data & virus entry from external storage devices.
•Necessary drive sharing/mapping done everywhere.
•FirmwareupdationforHP EVA, SAN, HBA yearly basis.
•Regular Symantec virus definition updation for Symantec End Point Antivirus on Server & Clients.
•Maintaining oracle Data purging schedule as per half monthly basis to maintain database tuning.
•Windows Server & Client Patches updation as per quarterly basis.
•Generating MBSA Report, finding missing windows patches and fixing it later on.
•Regular oracle data backup weekly full backup & daily incremental backup using RMAN.
•Collecting COA -Applicationlogs on user’s desktop pc daily basis.
•Troubleshooting in HP-SAN-EVA 4100/4400, & DB data base, Running data script in DB servers.
•To collect Controller (EVA) logs, SAN switch logs in case of system failure in order to find problems.
•Remote Desktop support for all 69 locations across India & Log analysis in case of failure of system at remote location. Managing database using Toad .
•Network audits bimonthly & UPS power management.
•Performing server health check-up for all servers.
•24x7 Hrs Real time supports for COA Application used to manage online running trains & planning for scheduled, manually order Trains, train track maintenance block.
•Resolving all calls coming through Ticketingpool as per ITIL process.
•Team management as per given SLA for 24x7 live projects.
•Vendor management with call login for hardware failure & sharing incident numbers with line manager.
List of Other Projects
•Citrix Xenapp and Xendesktop Implementation Nationwide Business Society (NBS) UK.
•Installation and implementation of VMware Horizon VDIs for Doha Bank Qatar.
•Installation and configuration of Lakeside Systrack virtual infra monitoring tool.
•VMware Esxi Server and View Implementation
•Installation of HP Rack Servers with HP SAN EVA-4100/4400 at Indian Railways.
•Installation of HP Rack Servers with HP SAN MSA at LIC.
•Installation of IBM SAN MSA 235 Servers with Unix Operating System at all UCO Banks.
•Migration of Novell 4.2 users with Windows 2003 at
My key Responsibilities:
•Maintenance of Windows & Linux Servers including windows ADS, DNS, DHCP.
•Maintenance of more than 250 computers & laptops in the network.
•Handling daily calls of printers &network.
•Providing basic support for online ERP software JD Edward’s.
•Supporting L1and L2 with Xenapp, Presentation server
•Taking incremental, full backup of oracle using DAT
•Remote desktop sharing via VNC Viewer for solving problems in software, printer sharing
on desktop computers & Laptops.
•Import & Export of outlook express, Microsoft outlook backup & address book.
•Outlook Express mail box recovery.
•To provide support for McAfee Antivirus for whole network.
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