1. P.V.S RAMAKRISHNA
Hyderabad, India
E-mail: pragada1694@gmail.com, M:+91-7259944664
Overview
Have 12 years 6 months of experience in Technical Consulting related to Oracle DBA (8/8i/9i/10g/11g) and Oracle
ERP – Oracle11i/R12 E-business suite Database Administration.
Hands on experience of advance technologies like Oracle RAC, Load Balancer, ASM, RMAN Backup, AIX Unix systemwith
LPARs, OID and SSO.
Database Implementation: Played vital role in Oracle8i/9i/10g, Oracle10g RAC installation/upgrade on Solaris,
HP_UX, Windows, etc.
ERP Implementation: Oracle11.5.10.2 upgrade, Installation on MultiNode RAC and ASM/windows/HP UNIX/SUN
cluster HA and OID Upgrade.
Maintenance andSupport: Cloning of Multinode/Shared Application Tier E-business suite, cloning of RAC/non RAC
Oracle8/8i/9i/10g/11g Databases with ASM/Non-ASM, applyingof application, database, CPU, RUP patches are some of the
maintenance activities performed.
Installation of translation patches for Arabic, French languages and configuring application for printingArabic reports.
Countries visited– Ghana (3months), Qatar (3months), and Australia (1.8 Years) for project work.
Have Good knowledge on Oracle Database 11g/12c, Web Gate, Oracle E-Business Suite Access Gate and Oracle
Fusion Middleware components - Oracle WebLogic server 11g & Oracle Access Manager 11g administration
Good communication and client management skills.
Skill Set
ERP Applications : Oracle11i/R12, Oracle i-learning
Operating Systems : Windows Professional 2000, Windows 2003, HP-Itanium (11.23), HP-PA RISC (11.23),
Solaris SPARC 10(5.10), Solaris 5.9, AIX 5.3, Linux x86-64 RHEL 5/6
Database : Oracle 8/ 8i /9i, 10g, 11g, 12c
Languages : SQL, PL/SQL
Tools : Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 10g/12c, RMAN, ASMCMD, WLST, Web Logic Console,
Sqlplus, Putty, Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA)
Technologies : Oracle R12.1.3/12.2.4 E-Business Suite Database Administration & Oracle WebLogic Server Administration
Educational Qualification
B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) J.B.I.E.T, JNTU May 2003
Employment Details
Tech Mahindra Oracle Application DBA Mar 2004 – Oct2013
(Previously known as Satyam Computers Ltd)
MindtreeLtd. Senior Oracle Application DBA Oct 2013 – Till date
Professional Experience
Organization: Mindtree Ltd – Bangalore
Client : SITA, UK
Duration : Oct2013 – 30/06/2016
Role : Senior Oracle Applications DBA
Project Description:
It is an Oracle E-business suiteR12 support project. Strategic Finance Solutions (SFS) Production consists of 3-Node RAC
database and 3-NodeApplication Servers with RAC, ASM, PCP and Load Balancer.
2. Out of the 3 Application servers, 2-Nodes have concurrent services with Parallel Concurrent Processing (PCP) setup done to
increase processing efficiency.
On thestorage side the instance has ASM technology with CRS maintaining the instances and load distribution
Support includes total4+ environments – Production, Pre-Prod, Training and Development.
Responsibilities:
Major Tasks:
Upgraded Database 11gR1RAC to 11gR2RAC.It includes upgrade of ASM 11gR1 (11.1.0.7) to Grid infrastructure
11gR2 (11.2.0.4) and Oracle RAC Database from 11.1.0.7 to 11.2.0.4 RAC.
Migration of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 applications from Linux x86-64 RHEL 5 to Linux x86-64 RHEL 6
Upgraded Oracle E-Business Suite from 12.1.3 to 12.2.4.
Daily Checklist:
Provide 16*5 Office and On Call support of critical databases and applications.
Managing and tuning Oracle Fusion middleware components like Web Logic and Troubleshooting Oracle E-Business
suite 12.2
Perform E-Business suite systemadministration tasks.
All day to day support activity includes monitoring, Online Patching, Cloning (Database and Application) and
managing outages
Handling issues through ITSM ticketing tool, deploy changes and maintain them using version control tool Tortoise
SVN.
Proactive monitoring of database/application and systemcomponents like CPU, Memory, Temp, Redo/Archive,
UNDO, and background processes, Network or Disk Resource Contention, etc if any.
Performed reorganization of database objects and tuning of database which involves tuning of application, SQL,
memory structures, database and servers as when required
Perform backup and recovery procedures using RMAN.
Oracle RAC and ASM administration and performance analysis.
TroubleshootingApache, Forms, Concurrent, PCP, Workflow issues.
Managing concurrent programs, User Auditing and Alerts
Cloning of Database and application environments.
Work on scheduled Database/Application downtime/outages to performactivities like patching, third party outages,
Oracle SR requests.
Prepare Knowledge repository for futurereference and quick resolution.
As a part of business requirement, involved in proposingServer configuration, installation, integration requirements for
Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11g with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 using Oracle E-Business Suite Access Gate.
Gained good knowledge on OAM, Web Gate, Oracle E-Business Suite Access Gatearchitectures and their
configuration, maintenance and integration with Oracle E-business suite
Weekly/Monthly Procedures
1. Look for Security Policy Violations, data corruption issues, memory leaks, Out of memory issues, monitoring Java
Garbage Collection, review thread dumps,SQL*Net logs for Errors,etc.
Look in both Server side logs, AWR/ASH, analyzer reports for error and other problems that may need attention.
Purge all old RMAN entries, concurrent requests, workflow, etc. from the application using scheduled scripts.
Review and monitor systemand instance resources (i.e., database storage, memory, CPU, network usage, and I/O
contention) to insure continuous database operations.
Look for Harmful Growth Rates. Review changes in segment growth when compared to previous reports to identify
segments with a harmful growth rate, etc.
Tools: OEM12c, ADOP, RMAN, ASMCMD, WLST, Web Logic Console, Sqlplus, Putty, SQLDeveloper, VNC, SQL*PLUS,
SQL*Loader, TOAD
Organization : Tech Mahindra – Hyderabad
Client : Qantas Airways Ltd, Australia
Duration : Jun 2009 – July 2013
Role : Senior Oracle Applications DBA
3. Project Description:
Qantas has complex infrastructure of Oracle Applications(11.5.10.2) having latest technologies like 10g RAC databases,SSO,
Portal, Shared APPL_TOP ,Discoverer, Internet file system(IFS). Supported total10+ Production, Development and UAT
instances of Qantas Airway Ltd.
All the databases and Applications run on AIX Unix. Flash copy doneat OS level using RMAN for database backup and
recovery.
Responsibilities:
Providing 24*7 On Call support for critical application issues with tight SLAs.
Worked both from Offshore/Onsite offices of Qantas Airway Ltd.
Lead a team sizeof around 4-5 team members both at Onsiteand at Offshore.
Managing Multi node Oracle11i EBS applications with Shared application tier system on Oracle10g RAC database, OID,
OSSO, Portal & DMZ
All day to day support activity includes performance monitoring/fine tuning of application using tools like
OSwatcher,AWR,ASH,ADDM,etc;Patching,Cloning( includes multi to single node as well) and scheduled outages
Performed reorganization of database objects and tuning of database which involves tuning of application, SQL, memory
structures, database and servers as when required.
Maintaining Oracle IFS Application and Oracle Financial Analyzer application.
Performing E-Business suite and Enterprise Manager monitoring administration tasks.
Troubleshooting Oracle application servers 10g (includes OID/SSO/Portal) integration, Strong Authentication, provisioning,
synchronization, Workflow and discoverer issues.
Performed maintenance activities on Oracle Internet Directory like adding users, modifying user attributes, bulk load of users,
changing/unlocking super user’s password using tools like ldapadd, ldapmodify, bulkload, oidpasswd, etc.
Experience in implementation of DR (Disaster recovery) plan
Upgraded OID(Oracle Internet Directory) from 10.1.2.3 to 10.1.4.3
Preparing Monthly Database Capacity Forecasting reports.
Troubleshooting Strong Authentication issues.
OLM Installation and Configuration.
Implement Legislative and Minimum base line patches.
Prepare Knowledge repository for future reference and quick resolution.
Report challenges, issues and risks in project delivery.
Tools: OracleEnterpriseManager(OEM),LDAP,oidstats,OIDCTL,bulkload,oidpasswd,RMAN,RSYNC,VNC,Discoverer,Sqlplus,
Putty & SQL Developer
Organization : Tech Mahindra – Hyderabad
Client : Zain Telecom
Duration : March 09 – May 09
Role : Senior Oracle Applications DBA
Project Description:
It is an Oracle E-business suiteR12 implementation project. Production Architecturehas two databaseservers clustered at OS level
and two Application Tiers which are behind a Hardware Load Balancer.
Responsibilities:
Installed Oracle applications R12 on OS level clustered database servers and configured applications servers behind
Hardware Load Balancer.
Applied various patches related to International localization.
Resolved user’s day-to-day issues on ADI, Work Flow notification Mailer/Alerts, etc.
Applied NLS patches for languages Arabic and French.
Configuration of printers on various instances.
Configuration of OLM content server on instances.
Tools: Sun Cluster commands, TOAD, Sqlplus, Putty, VNC
4. Organization : Tech Mahindra– Hyderabad
Client : Zoujaj Glass
Duration : Dec 08 – Feb 09
Role : Senior Oracle Applications DBA
Project Description:
It is an implementation project where Oracle Applications R12 has being installed on windows servers.
Responsibilities:
Installed Oracle Applications R12 on windows.
Resolved day-to-day issues encountered in various instances.
Applied various patches based on the requests received from the team.
Tools: TOAD, Sqlplus, Putty
Organization : Tech Mahindra– Hyderabad
Client : MOD Oman - Oracle ERP
Duration : July 08 – Nov 08
Role : Senior Oracle Applications DBA
Project Description:
Oracle Applications R12 has been installed in a Multinode RAC environment having Database, Concurrent Processing Server,
Forms and Web tier on 4 Servers.
Responsibilities:
Installed Oracle E-Business Suite R12 on multi node Oracle RAC and ASM.
Applied translation patches for Arabic language.
Resolved day-to-day issues encountered in various instances.
Applied various patches (including Discoverer, database patches, etc) for resolving various issues encountered (like
R12 Critical Patches for various modules)
Provided training to the client on the R12 architecture, concepts, maintenance procedures, Patching etc.
Configured application for printing Arabic reports.
Tools: ASMCMD, Discoverer, TOAD, Sqlplus, Putty, VNC
Organization : Tech Mahindra– Hyderabad
Client : Royal Jordan Airlines
Duration : Mar 08 – July 08
Role : Senior Oracle Applications DBA
Project Description:
Upgrade Oracle E-Business suite from Release 11.5.9 to 11.5.10.2.
Responsibilities:
Upgraded Oracle applications 11.5.9 multi-tier environment to 11.5.10.2.
It involved upgrade of database from 8.1.7.4 to 10.2.0.3 and application from 11.5.9 to 11.5.10.2.
Applied various application patches post upgrade.
Converted Oracle application database to Oracle Applications Table spaceModel (OATM).
5. Installed Discoverer 10.1.2 and configured it with Oracle applications 11i.
Installed translation patch for Arabic language.
Resolved day-to-day issues encountered in various instances
Tools: Sqlplus, Putty, SQLDeveloper, VNC
Organization : Tech Mahindra– Hyderabad
Client : Salam International Investment Ltd, Qatar
Duration : Nov 07 – Mar 08
Role : Senior Oracle Applications DBA
Project Description
This is an Oracle E-Business suiteimplementation project which involved fresh installation of instances (VISION, DEV, TEST,
UAT, PROD).Production Architecturehas two database servers which are clustered at OS level and it has two Application Tiers
which are behind a Hardware Load Balancer.
Instances have complete suite installed. Around 150 concurrent users will be using the Production instance.
Responsibilities:
Installed Oracle E-Business Suite (12.0.0) – Vision, Development, Test, UAT and Production instances.
Applied various application patches (that includes Family patches, Rollup patches, etc.,)
Resolved day-to-day issues encountered in vision, Development instances.
Done activities like Patching in Vision, Development, Test, UAT and Production environments.
Tools: Sun Cluster Commands, Sqlplus, Putty, TOAD
Organization : Tech Mahindra– Hyderabad
Client : Bank of Ghana
Duration : Feb 07 – Oct 07
Role : Oracle Applications DBA
Project Description:
This is an Oracle E-Business suiteimplementation project involving Multi-Node, Distributed Architecturewhere Oracle database
installed on HP-Itaniumserver and application on HP-PA-RISC server. Around 150 concurrent users are using this Oracle
application.
Responsibilities:
Installed Oracle E-Business Suite (11.5.10.2) – Vision, Test and Development instances.
Upgraded Database from 9i to 10g and Upgraded Database patch set from 10.1.0.2 to 10.1.0.5.
Applied various application patches (includes Family patches, Rollup patches, etc.,)
Resolved day-to-day issues encountered in Test, Development instances.
Done basic configuration at OS level which includes application of OS level patches and installation of third party
softwareand utilities like VNC, unzip, zip, etc
Successfully installed and configured Production instance.
Tools: Sqlplus, Putty, TOAD, VNC
Organization : Tech Mahindra– Hyderabad
Client : Agilent PORInstances Support
Duration : Apr 05 – Aug 06
Role : Oracle Applications DBA
6. Project Description
This is a SLA based, 24 x 7, Apps support and maintenance project. Around 2000 concurrent users are using this Oracle
application all over theglobe. Theproject is to support Non-Production instances, DBA/Sys Admin support is available 24x7,
and Application supportis available 24x5.
All DBA/Sysadmin/Application support issues are tracked through OVSD tool.
Responsibilities:
Allocation of tickets (received through OVSD) to team members.
Analysing the tickets and communicating with Business users for understanding of the requirements.
Resolving user’s day-to-day issues.
Activities like Export/Imports, Patching in test and development environments, Database monitoring, File system
check, Trouble-shooting, etc.
Tools: Sqlplus, Putty, TOAD, OVSD
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Title Description Month & Year
Accountability award Your dedicated work on the PO receipt creation issue is much
appreciated and your hard work has averted P1 issue
Sep 2014
A-Team award Awarded to Ramakrishna Pvs for displaying exemplary team
spirit. Excellent Support during Cut over and Upgrade Execution
Aug 2015
Hats off For achieving extraordinary results. Ramakrishna deserves
accolades for managing the showwell in crisis situations in DBA
track. His dedication is appreciable.
Oct 2014
Outstanding performance for Outstanding performance during the year 2013-14 Mar 2014
Unstoppable Awarded to Ramakrishna Pvs for displaying execution
excellence. Thank you for yourSupport in Upgrade activities, we
will not be able to achieve this without your dedication and
support.
Jun 2015
TRAININGS ATTENDED
Training Program Name Start Date
ELTP Training - SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle 8i,9i, D2K(Forms & Reports) 08-Mar-2005
Unix-Shell Programming, Solaris Administration, Oracle 8i, 9i Database Administration 08-Mar-2005
VISA
Visa Type Country Name Valid till
Work Permit USA 31-Jul-2018
Personal Details:
Birth Date : 05/08/1980
MaritalStatus : Married
Contact : (M) : +91-7259944664