1. M.Ashokkumar
VMWARE & WINDOWS ADMIN
E-mail: muthyapaga@gmail.com
Mobile: (+91)9948106355
RESUME
OBJECTIVE
• Having 4+ years Experience in IT support in Desktop Enginer ,VMware and Windows
Administration with desire to achieve greater heights in IT industry. Aiming for challenging
career, where I can apply my experience and industrial expertise in an efficient manner.
SUMMARY
2.4 years of experience as a system administrator in VM Ware ESX and Windows server
• Experience on Installing, Configuring & Managing the VMware ESX 4.x .VMware5.x
• Experience on Installing, Configuring & Managing the VMware Virtual Center 4.x.
• Install & Configure the AD, DHCP and Group policies services in Windows 2k3 & 2k8 Servers
and Windows 2012servers.
• Familiar with storage/backup technologies including: HP3PAR/NetApp
• Install and configuration of Exchange server 2010
• Hands-on Experience on Applying Windows Security Updates & Critical Updates.
• Hands-on Experience on Applying Group Policy in Windows Server 2k8.
• Converting Physical to Virtual Servers using VMware Standalone Converter 4.x,5.5
• upgrading the ESX and ESXi Servers using VMware Update Manager 4.x
• Migrating Virtual Machines from one Host to anther Host by using VMotion technique.
• Creating and Managing VMware Clusters by Enable & Configuring the HA and DRS features.
• Coordinating bridge calls with the vendor as well as with the team.
• Patches installation on windows servers through WSUS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• VMware Virtualization : VSphere 4.x, 5.x, VC 4.0, 5.5, web client and P2V.
• Virtual Center Features : Clone, Template, Resource Mgmt, HA, DRS, FT.
• Server Operating Systems : Windows Server 2003/2008 and 2012.
• Server Hardware : HP Enclosures C7000,C4000 , HP Proliant BL,DL series,
IBM E&X-series and Dell power edge
• Server Configurations : Active Directory, DHCP and Group policies.
• Disk Mgmt. : Configuring RAID 0, RAID1 and RAID 5
• Anti-Virus Console : Symantec Endpoint Protection Mgmt console.
• Ticketing Tools : Service Now, CA tool
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Organization : : CMC LTD( Merged with TATA Consultancy Services )
Job Profile : VMware and Windows admin
Duration : Dec 2013 – till date
Previous Organization : 3i-infotech Consultancy Services
Designation : Senior FME ENGINEER.
Job Profile : Level 1 Server Administrator.
Duration : Ma r2011-sep 2013
Project details:
• Project Role –VMware & Windows administrator
• Designation – Systems Engineer
2. • Client – Govt Of Andhara Pradesh & Telanaga
• Duration – Dec 2013 – till date
VMware – Roles & Responsibilities:
• Maintained and supported more than 22 Virtual Centers, 8 Datacenters, around 182
ESX/ ESXi Hosts, 3000+ VM’s for AMD globally
• Daily BAU L2/L3 Calls Support on ESX 4.x/ESXi 4.x, 5.xServer Family infrastructure.
• Involved ESXI/ESX servers patching by using of update manager.
• ESXi servers OS upgardtions by using of new Images
• Participated in complete server commission & decommission.
• Good Experience in Firmware upgrade Activities on HP Proliant servers and Dell
• Creating templates from VM’s and deploy VM’s from templates, ISO images, MDT
and allocate resources
• Reservation of Memory& CPU for High Critical servers and Enabling Hot-Plug options
for CPU & RAM while building servers
• Good understanding of Operation of HA and DRS clusters
• Configure HA and DRS features in a cluster and Creating DRS Rules in the Cluster.
• Configuring Host Profiles for reduce the repeated configuration process for same
hosts
• Enabling Fault Tolerance (FT) to provide Zero downtime to the Servers
• Creating and managing virtual machines and installing VM Tools into VM’s.
• Creating and managing resource pools and adding the VM’s into resource pools
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk,
Network Utilization) for Security Compliance
• Identifying system faults, Hardware issue (Logical/Physical drive, Accelerator
Board/Battery and S.M.P.S. Failed etc.) via DELL DRAC, HP ILO for ESX Host and
Physical Servers and Coordinating with vendor for hardware replacement
• Performing Root Cause Analysis for all critical incidents, plan and implement the
solution to fix the incidents permanently.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Migrations
• Moving VM’s from one LUN to another LUN using SV Motion.
• Moving VM’s from one host to another Host using VMotion.
• Experience in P2V of Windows Cluster nodes using VMware Convertors
Windows – Roles & Responsibilities:
• Installing different flavors of windows servers.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting Active Directory.
• Creating sites and site links in Active Directory.
• Experience in administration of Active directory for users and computers.
• Implementing security using Group Policies.
• Configuring different types of RAID as per the requirement.
• Installing services patches, server patches and antivirus.
• Preparing daily checklists updating management.
• Monitoring, managing and reporting daily, weekly and monthly server status.
• Scheduling backups and restoring backups as on required.
• Disk quota management and reporting.
• Assigning rights and privileges to users to access files and folders.
• Handling the Technical escalations from the team members.
KEY PROJECT :
3. Creating and maintaining the Active Directory and DHCP server
Worked on Migration of Active Directory from Windows 2003 to 2008.
Failover Cluster Configurations
Patching windowWSUS
Worked on Physical server migration to VMware.
ENVIRONMENT :
Windows Server 2003/2008, WSUS, Windows TS Plus server, VMware ESX, ESXi, Virtual Center, VI Client,
vSphere Client, P2V, V2V, Update Manager, Putty, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management console and
Thincleints, CA tool, Service Now.
EDUCATION:
• M.C.A completed from Osmania University
CERTIFICATION:
• MCSE (Microsoft Certified solution Expert)
• Certification number: F083-1376
PERSONAL DETAILS
Fathers Name : M.Bixshapathi
Languages Known : English, Hindi, and Telugu.
Marital Status : unMarried.
Address
: H:No:-2-46,Gajula ramara,Jeedimetla,Hyderabad-500055
Date: (M.Ashok Kumar)