VMware Technical Consultant / Sr. Server Specialist
Hewlett-Packard
Total years of experience :9 years, 8 Months
Job Summary
I worked as a Sr. Server Specialist / VMware Technical Consultant for HP projects in NCB and EMAAR in Jeddah. I was providing Enterprise Level support of HP Servers/Blades/Virtual Connect, Virtualization Environments (VMware, Hyper-V), HP Data Protector Backup Solution and HP 3PAR storage.
Responsibilities & Job Description
• Design, install, configure, Managing VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and vSphere 5 environments with VirtualCenter management, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and FT.
• vCenter server upgrade from 4.1 to 5.1 and ESXi servers upgrade from 4.1 to 5.1.
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates.
• VMware SRM 5.1.1 Implementation between two sites
• HP Data Protector 7.1 DR Backup Design and Implementation
• HP 3PAR V400 SAN Design and Implementation
• Server Consolidation Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration of Windows 2000, 2003, & 2008, as well as Linux servers. (Cold migrations and Hot migrations)
• Implemented disaster recovery plan for critical VMs and application data.
• SAN migration - replacing a shared hard disks that is on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster or Windows 2008 server Failover cluster manager. (Quorum and other shared disks)
• Online expending the Virtual server’s disk sizes.
• Identify and address technical risk, and Vendor coordination.
• Demonstrate expert level of expertise with Virtualization technology.
• Troubleshoot system-level problems and support customers.
• Hands-on experience of creating VMware Virtualization Environment, Microsoft Fail over Cluster, Microsoft Hyper-V Manager, HP Integrity Virtual Machines and Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp servers.
Job Summary
As a member of Systems/Field Engineering team I am working as a Systems Engineer and providing Enterprise Level support of HP Servers/Storages, Virtualization and Data Backup solutions to clients especially in Dubai. I am also providing Technical Pre-Sales consultant services to my organization.
Responsibilities & Job Description
• Hands-on experience of creating Microsoft Fail over Cluster, Microsoft Hyper-V Manager, HP Integrity Virtual Machines and Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp servers.
• Expertise in HP Data Protector and VERITAS NetBackup. Data Protector implementation for offline and with SAP/Oracle 10g/11g/SQL online backup’s integration
• Providing Installation and Configuration Support of HP Integrity/ProLiant and Blade Servers including Hardware Removal / Replacement / Upgrades and Management
• Supporting Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere infrastructure installed in c7000 blade enclosures with fully populated servers. Migration of virtual machines through vMotion, configuration of FT and management of DRS and HA enabled ESX clusters in a high availability environment.
• Evaluate client’s existing environment and design/propose solutions consisting of Network, Power, Storages, MPX routers, SAN ISL connectivity and suitable backup devices.
• Successfully Implemented the Citrix VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) solution for 60 users in first phase consisting of HP LeftHand P4500 Virtualized storage with HP Blade Servers in Microsoft Hyper-V, MS Failover Cluster, MS SCVMM and Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp environment for ADNOC UAE. Now working on the implementation Plan of 2000 Citrix VDI users.
• Deployed and Configured SAN and associated devices including support of HP Enterprise Virtual Arrays, MSA, HP Left Hand P class storage, VLS, MSL and ESL Tape library Systems integrated through SAN Switches. Plus Storage management, their troubleshooting and hardware tuning & testing
Description
Multilynx (www.multilynx.pk) is a Systems and networking solution providing company. Multilynx is HP, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel Premium Business Partner and providing services to its clients in Pakistan.
Job Summary
Currently I am a member of Enterprise Services Group at MULTILYNX as System Engineer and providing technical support to Mobilink, Telenor Pakistan, PIFRA (Government of Pakistan), Warid Telecom, Siemens, Nokia, Logica CMG, Wateen Telecom.
Responsibilities & Job Description
• Installation, Configurations, Administration and troubleshooting of Operating Systems Like HP-UX, RedHat Linux, Windows Server Operating Systems
• HP SuperDome / HP Integrity SuperDome 2 Administrator, nPar and vPar partitions' planning and implementation.
• Implemented the HP Integrity Servers rx8640, rx7640, rx6600, rx3600, rx2600, HP9000 PARISC rp8440, rp8420, rp7440, rp7420, rp4440, rp3440, rp3410
• HP Storage works EVA, MSA installation, configuration and support
• Providing Installation and Configuration of HP Integrity and PA-RISC Servers including Hardware Removal / Replacement / Upgrades and Management
• Providing Support to the HP-UX OS (OS Installation, Backup and Restore, Troubleshooting OS Problem, Cluster Troubleshooting)
• Hands-on experience of creating MC Serviceguard cluster, Conceptual knowledge of Campus/metro cluster and Continental clusters
• Implementing / managing backup activities through NetBackup/Data Protector and Tape Library.
Job Summary
Responsible for installation, maintenance and up-gradation of enterprise UNIX Servers, Optimization of Operating systems/Applications according to client’s requirement; providing technical solutions and organizational support to Helpdesk and Other departments. Maintaining backup strategy and managing the NetBackup 6.5 for enterprise backup solution.
Responsibilities & Job Description
• Providing Support for the HP UX & Enterprise Server (Upgrades, Installation and Configuration, Troubleshooting, System Management)
• Hands-on experience of creating MC Serviceguard cluster, Conceptual knowledge of Campus/metro cluster and Continental cluster
• Installation and Configurations of HP StorageWorks Like MSA and EVA
• Backup and recovery of VG, File System, Database, OS on Daily and Monthly basis.
• Managing all backup activities through NetBackup and Tape Library.
• IBM DS4300/DS4700 SAN and NetApp FAS6040/FAS3160 filer Storage Management.
• Building new IBM (pseries AIX 5.3/6.1), Solaris and Linux environments for mission critical application. Maintain IBM P5/P6 running AIX 5.3/6.1 and OS/400 Operating System
• Managing/Configure HMC
• Squid 2.5 Red Hat Linux 5.0 for Internet Sharing and Management
• Determination and Performance Tuning / health Check / Error Logs.
• Problem / Monitoring file systems and systems logs, system paging, System Errors etc.
• Perform system backups and recovery / Answer technical queries.
• Managing NetBackup 6.5 for centralized backup of organization’s Headquarter and its five sub sites systems.
• Managing VMware VSphere 4 for virtualization environment
• Daily routine tasks (Monitoring servers, utilization, troubleshooting, user management and performance)
Job Summary
Responsible for installation, maintenance and up-gradation of enterprise UNIX Servers, Optimization of Operating systems/Applications according to client’s requirement; providing technical solutions and organizational support to Helpdesk and Other departments.
Responsibilities & Job Description
• Installing, configuring and managing production UNIX servers (IBM p6, HP PA-RISC) for PAFIS (Pakistan Automated Fingerprints Identification System) deployed by Lockheed Martin, USA
• Install, Configure and maintain Operating Systems (AIX, HP-UX) for PAFIS deployed by Lockheed Martin, USA
• Hands-on experience of creating MC Serviceguard cluster, Conceptual knowledge of Campus/metro cluster and Continental cluster
• Installed, configured and maintain Solaris 10 SPARC and Solaris 10 x86 based systems.
• Install, Configure and Manage the Sun StorageTek D280 Disk Subsystem SAN
• Worked closely with hardware vendors to diagnose and repair/replace failed hardware
• Design and implemented NMS for 130 remote sites across Pakistan. Created Systems weather maps and email alert in case of any system or service failure
• Design and implemented the strategy for Email migration from Linux based SENDMAIL to MS Exchange server.
• Install and configure Ignite-UX server for HP-UX System Backup and Recovery, HP Storage Works Modular SAN Array 1000, CIFS/9000 and Samba server, NFS, DNS, Net Backup
• Data tape Backup/Recovery design and implementation using Ignite-UX, HP OpenView DataProtector and VERITAS NetBackup
• Installation of Oracle 10g on HP-UX servers
• Strong knowledge in HP-UX File Systems and Logical Volume Manager, rootvg mirroring
• Managing devices in HP-UX, Software and Patch Management
• Reconfiguring the HP-UX Kernel, System Performance Monitoring (Glance Plus)
• Installation/ configuration and Administration of power 6 IBM pseries and Xseries Servers.
• Local and Remote administration of remote sites across Pakistan.
Job Summary
Install, maintain, follow up and sustain the continuous operation of the \[*\]NIX and Windows Server, operating systems and all dependable applications. Technically support to other regional zones of company. Implementation of NMS for troubleshooting problems at client end
Responsibilities & Job Description
• Installed, configured and maintaining SUN Solaris 9 on SPARC Servers V880, Enterprise 250 and 280R.
• Installed, Configured and maintained NTP (Network Time Protocol) Solaris 10.
• Upgraded Sun Solaris OS 9 to Solaris 10 (Sun Fire 280R, Sun Fire V880).
• Install, Configure and maintain HP-UX on HP PA-RISC servers, Mirroring Rootvg
• Managing devices in HP-UX, Software and Patch Management, VG, LV & FS management
• HP-UX Ignite, Samba, NFS, DNS/DHCP server installation & configuration
• Email migration from Sendmail/Qmail/Exim to MS Exchange Server
• Squid, Apache, MRTG, DNS/DHCP installation, configuration and troubleshooting
• Remote system administration packages deployment (Telnet, SSH, SCP, FTP, SFTP and TFTP)
• Managing Cisco/Juniper Routers & Cisco LAN Switches, Network Monitoring and troubleshooting
• NetBackup Installation and Configurations, backup/ restoration of data on regular basis
• Implementing Linux Firewall/NAT using iptables
• Designing and Implementing VPN solutions using OpenVPN & Openswan
• System Administration (Installation, Configurations and Management)
• MS Windows NT/XP/Vista/2000/2003, Exchange server 2003/2007, Live Communications Server 2005/Office Communications Server 2007, ISA, MS SQL 2000/2005, Active Directory, DNS/DHCP/VPN, RADIUS NT, SMS and MOM Servers, Remote Administration Software, S Monitor, Working experience on MS CRM & Tracer applications, IBM System X3600/3800 Servers, DELL Power Edge 2450/2950 Servers & SUN Servers
Job Summary
Provide Real-Time IT support for the Users (diagnose incidents, solutions documentation) - Installation, deployment, monitoring, maintenance and support of the MS windows and Linux operating system. Assist and support users at all levels regarding their daily operational requirements.
Responsibilities & Job Description
• Installing & configuring MS Windows NT/XP/2000/2003 Server, MS ISA & Exchange server, Active Directory, DNS and DHCP, Remote Administration Software: Netop, S Monitor
• Installing, configuring and managing Linux OS, Apache, Squid
• Monitoring network and services using MS SiteScope and MRTG