Gopinath G

4 years exp has EMC storage Administator

Bangalore, Karnataka - Email me on Indeed: indeed.com/me/Gopi_G
Having 3.9 Years of experience as SAN Administrator.
Strong exposure in EMC products like Clariion Storage Arrays (CX3, CX4), Symmetric (DMX-3/VMAX-10k).
Good Experience on CISCO MDS (9509, 9513) Switches.
Experience in Cisco Zoning using Fabric Manager.
Hands on administration, maintaining and troubleshooting arrays like EMC Symmetrix DMX -3, and Clariion
CX3, CX4 series.
Working knowledge on tools like EMC Symcli, Navisphere.
Knowledge on Creating Initiator Groups, Port Group and Storage groups and provisioning on VMAX storage.
Creating devices on DMX mapping to available addresses of front-end directors and masking to initiators.
Worked on Growth Requests to provide additional storage to the host based on the Customer requirement.
Performing the Health checks in san devices.
Experience in Thin Provisioning & Thick Provisioning in Vmax.
Knowledge on maintaining and provising on THIN POOLS and DISK GROUPS.
Experience on associating FAST Policies to Storage Group on Vmax.
Knowledge of Local and Remote Replication on Clariion and Symmetric arrays.
Migrated data from legacy Clariion storage systems to new Clariion array using SAN Copy.
Committed team player with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Flexible and versatile to adapt to any new environment and work on any project.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, handling responsibilities independently as well as a
proactive team member and able to learn new technologies quickly.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Storage Administrator
I GATE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - Bangalore, Karnataka - April 2010 to May 2014
Had around 3.9 years of experience working in I Gate Global Solutions as Storage Administrator.
Skills in SAN & Storages Administration:
Daily maintenance and administration of enterprise SAN that included Symmetrix V-Max arrays, DMX arrays
and CLARIION arrays connected to several Windows & UNIX servers in the Data center.
Storage Provisioning for all types of host environments from CLARiiON storage systems using Navisphere
Manager and from SYMMETRIX using Symcli.
Experience in Provisioning using Symmetrix V-max, DMX. Made use of Symmetrix management console for
Provisioning activities.
Storage Configuration, Switch port allocation, Storage (LUN) allocation and LUN security.
Creating Meta Luns as per the requirement.
Hands-on experience in Create RAID Groups, bind LUNs, and Create Storage Groups using Navisphere
Manager.
Performing reclaims and decommission on CX Arrays.
Mapping and Masking of DMX-3 and VMAX devices as per the requirement.
Knowledge on performing mirror operations using EMC Time finder Application.
Good exposure on Time Finder (Mirror & Clone) for local replication. It includes creating groups and adding
devices into groups and establishing link between the devices.
Establishment of BCV's to Production volumes.
Configured Zoning on CISCO MDS (Multilayer Data Switches) 9506, 9509 and 9513 through SAN NX-OS
and Cicso Fabric Manager.
Worked on Backing up the Switch Configuration.
Installing and setting up Cisco MDS switches, creating VSANs, Port-channels and troubleshooting SAN
problems.
Configured Cisco Director Switches. Knowledge on upgrading Firmware for SAN NX-OS.
Resolve Cisco Switch Segmentation/Port related issues
Involved in the migration of data using SAN COPY from CLARIION CX-3 to CX-4 and provisioning of data
for testing purposes using Snap View/Snapshots & Clones data replication.
Open Replicator (OR) and SAN COPY for migration of data between DMX and CX storage arrays.
Responsible for Storage Area Network administration, Manage enterprise storage allocations and participate
in 24x7 rotating pager.
Coordinated with EMC Engineers on Disk and Hardware related Issues in Storage arrays.
Logged no. of tickets with EMC and share the require sp collects and switch logs through the EMC power link.
OR Replication:
Involved in OR Migration from REMOTE Infrastructure to CONTROL SAN Infrastructure.
Gathered Switch information essential for migration.
Preparing Lock down lists for migration.
Involved in IVR Zoning in FCIP switches.
Pro-actively requested the SS Team to lay the cables for the Migrated Servers.
Performing Initiator registration and creation of Storage groups on REMOTE array and reserving Devices
and Port groups on CONTROL array.
Involved in single hop and Double hop migration.
Involved in Double hop which are incompatible to the VMAX.
Involved in Pre-migration, migration and post-migration activities.
Involved in Trouble shooting during migration process.
Handled Reclamation of servers on the Remote location once the migration is successfully completed.
Unmap the production devices from the OR ports.
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EMC Storage Administator
I Gate Global Solutions - Bangalore, Karnataka - April 2010 to May 2014
Responsibilities
Daily maintenance and administration of enterprise SAN that included Symmetrix V-Max arrays, DMX arrays
and CLARIION arrays connected to several Windows & UNIX servers in the Data center.
Storage Provisioning for all types of host environments from CLARiiON storage systems using Navisphere
Manager and from SYMMETRIX using Symcli.
Experience in Provisioning using Symmetrix V-max, DMX. Made use of Symmetrix management console for
Provisioning activities.
Storage Configuration, Switch port allocation, Storage (LUN) allocation and LUN security.
Creating Meta Luns as per the requirement.
Hands-on experience in Create RAID Groups, bind LUNs, and Create Storage Groups using Navisphere
Manager.
Performing reclaims and decommission on CX Arrays.
Mapping and Masking of DMX-3 and VMAX devices as per the requirement.
Knowledge on performing mirror operations using EMC Time finder Application.
Good exposure on Time Finder (Mirror & Clone) for local replication. It includes creating groups and adding
de-vices into groups and establishing link between the devices.
Establishment of BCVs to Production volumes.
Configured Zoning on CISCO MDS (Multilayer Data Switches) 9506, 9509 and 9513 through SAN NX-OS
and Cicso Fabric Manager.
Worked on Backing up the Switch Configuration.
Installing and setting up Cisco MDS switches, creating VSANs, Port-channels and troubleshooting SAN
problems.
Configured Cisco Director Switches. Knowledge on upgrading Firmware for SAN NX-OS.
Resolve Cisco Switch Segmentation/Port related issues
Involved in the migration of data using SAN COPY from CLARIION CX-3 to CX-4 and provisioning of data for
testing purposes using Snap View/Snapshots & Clones data replication.
Open Replicator (OR) and SAN COPY for migration of data between DMX and CX storage arrays.
Responsible for Storage Area Network administration, Manage enterprise storage allocations and participate
in 24x7 rotating pager.
Coordinated with EMC Engineers on Disk and Hardware related Issues in Storage arrays.
Logged no. of tickets with EMC and share the require sp collects and switch logs through the EMC power link.
Skills Used
Strong exposure in EMC products like Clariion Storage Arrays (CX3, CX4), Symmetric (DMX-3/VMAX-10k).
Good Experience on CISCO MDS (9509, 9513) Switches.
Experience in Cisco Zoning using Fabric Manager.
Hands on administration, maintaining and troubleshooting arrays like EMC Symmetrix DMX -3, and Clariion
CX3, CX4 series.
Working knowledge on tools like EMC Symcli, Navisphere.
Knowledge on Creating Initiator Groups, Port Group and Storage groups and provisioning on VMAX storage.
Creating devices on DMX mapping to available addresses of front-end directors and masking to initiators.
Worked on Growth Requests to provide additional storage to the host based on the Customer requirement.
Performing the Health checks in san devices.
Experience in Thin Provisioning & Thick Provisioning in Vmax.
Knowledge on maintaining and provising on THIN POOLS and DISK GROUPS.
Experience on associating FAST Policies to Storage Group on Vmax.
Knowledge of Local and Remote Replication on Clariion and Symmetric arrays.
Migrated data from legacy Clariion storage systems to new Clariion array using SAN Copy.
Committed team player with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Flexible and versatile to adapt to any new environment and work on any project.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, handling responsibilities independently as well as a proac-
tive team member and able to learn new technologies quickly.
EDUCATION
B.sc in Electronics & Communication
Madras University - Chennai, Tamil Nadu
SKILLS
STORAGE ARRAYS : CLARIION CX-3, CX-4, Symmetrix DMX-3, VMAX-10k,20k.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Skill Set Summary:
STORAGE ARRAYS: CLARIION CX-3, CX-4, Symmetrix DMX-3, VMAX-10k, 20k.
SWITCHES: CISCO MDS 9513, 9509.
STORAGE TOOLS: NAVISPHERE Manager, SYMcli, SMC,
SWITCH TOOL: PUTTY, FABRIC MANAGER and DEVICE MANAGER.
BUSINESS CONTINUITY SOLUTIONS: SNAP VIEW, MIRROR VIEW, TIME FINDER and SRDF.