1. Rajesh Devada
www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshdevada
217-418-7921 rkd_cmc@yahoo.com
Summary
14+ years of technical experience involving deployment and support of EMC, HP and 3PAR storage arrays, Unix servers,
applications in VMware, Red Hat Linux and UNIX environments.
Extremely motivated and committed to professionalism in delivering excellent results.
Well organized with good communication skill, Excellent decision making and troubleshooting skill.
Capable of learning new technologies and adapt to a new environment quickly.
Knowledgeable mentor and resource, a persistent problem solver. Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Led multiple infrastructure upgrades and migrations projects.
Strong team player working with teams across globe and different time zones.
Technology Expertise
• EMC Technology VMax2, VMax3,DMX, Clarion , SPA, Navisphere, Unisphere, Solution Enabler, NaviCLI.
• 3PAR F400, T800, System Reporter.
• HP XP12000, XP24000 , RWC and PA.
• Netapp FAS6040, FAS3070 Data ONTAP7.2 & 7.3, Operations Manager
• Backup HP Data protector
• Switches Cisco MDS Device/Fabric Manager , DCNM
• Operating Systems HP UX, Sun Solaris, Linux Windows
• Volume Manager LVM HP-UX and Linux, VxVM
Professional Experience:
(Storage)Technology Specialist -- Amdocs Inc., Champaign, IL 04/2012 to till date
Unix Expert – Amdocs Inc., DVCI Pune, India 06/2007 to 04/2012
Projects Handled
Migration of 200TB of storage space to new generation EMC VMAX storage frame to decommission EOSL Clarion frames.
Migration of 100TB of HP-UX storage space to Linux platform to reduce TCO. This includes roll out of local replication BCV
scripts to Linux platform.
Migration of 200TB of HP-UX & Linux storage space to ESXi hosts on Cisco UCS platform to support virtualization.
Migration of 100TB Windows space to new generation EMC Vmax frame.
Performed LUN migration to balance RAID group utilization on clarion array as an fix towards storage performance issue
observed by host as an result of NAR file analysis on clarion Unisphere.
Performed Thin pool expansion and balancing to support Hardware upgrade on EMC Vmax array.
Involved in migration of Cisco MDS fabric switches to new generation of Cisco switches to support technology refresh.
Configuration of server backups on HP Omni data proctor cell Manager.
Prepared shell scripts to proactively check and generate email alert on Vmax thin pool utilization.
Prepared shell scripts to proactively monitor DMX/Vmax performance indicators WP,IOPS,TP and generate email alert in
the event of high resource utilization.
Prepared shell scripts to Monitor disk service time data and generate email alert in the event of high disk service times.
Prepared shell scripts to perform proactive checks and generate email alert for any PV /LV /Mount point mismatch on
package file system or database volume group under HPUX HA cluster environment to maintain high uptime.
Led migration of Applications and database on HPUX servers to VMware on Cisco UCS platform to reduce TCO.
2. Rajesh Devada
www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshdevada
217-418-7921 rkd_cmc@yahoo.com
Professional Summary:
Experience in administering and maintaining EMC Symmetrix DMX-3, DMX-4, V-MAX 40k, V-MAX-400k and Clarion CX, VNX.
Experience in managing Symmetrix arrays using SymCLI and Unisphere for VMAX, NavisecCLI, Navisphere and Unisphere
Experience in implementing Virtual/Thin Provisioning on DMX-4/VMAX by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool,
binding Thin devices to the pool, using SymCLI, SMC and Unisphere.
Very good knowledge and hands on experience in implementing Time Finder operations like BCV/Clone/Snaps for
Symmetrix and using SnapView Clone/Snapshot for Clarions and to provide a copy of production for decision making,
testing for the new upgrades, backups without disturbing the production.
Experience in implementing FAST-VP in VMAX 20k/10k Good experience in performance monitoring using SPA in VMAX.
Experience in installation, configuring and managing EMC Power Path for path failover, load balancing, path management
and automatic I/O failure detection.
Expertise on SAN management to support all kinds of operating systems - HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, VMWare and Windows.
Deployed, configured and maintained SAN Directors Switches using Fabric Manager/Device Manager, CISCO CLI, DCNM.
As a Storage Admin gained expertise in storage allocation, mapping, masking, creating meta devices and zoning on EMC
array and 3PAR array.
Strong knowledge about HP 3PAR Thin Technologies for space management and Autonomic groups (VVSet and HOSTSet).
Implementing Dynamic Optimization by moving data between CPG's using both IMC and CLI on 3PAR array.
Implementing Adaptive optimization to improve the performance by moving the data at sub-LUN level.
Creating system Reports using system Reporter 2.9 and implementing various policies for Adaptive Optimization.
Proficient in implementing Virtual Copy to create snapshots and Remote Copy to allow mirroring data between two remote
arrays in HP-3PAR for disaster recovery.
Installation and maintenance of 3PAR Inform Management Console, Inform management CLI and Host Explorer agent.
Experience in creating Common Provisioned Groups(CPG), Virtual Volumes(VV), creating Hosts, exporting Virtual Volumes
to Host, creating Virtual Domains, Domain object and managing Domain objects in HP-3PAR.
Very good at preparing the documents and sharing the knowledge within the group to make the environment run smooth.
Very Good verbal as well as written communication skills to work with all the people involved in the project (Application
users, System Administrators, DBA and PM).
Responsibilities:
Experience with storage provisioning on Symmetrix VMAX 20k/10k, DMX-4, DMX-3 using SYMCLI 7.x, SMC 7.x & on Clarion
CX4-960, CX4-480, CX3-80 storage arrays using Navisphere 6.x, NavisecCLI and VNX 5700 using Unisphere Manager.
Storage allocation using Auto Provisioning in VMAX by creating storage group, initiator group, port group and creating
masking views using SymCLI 7.x for Windows, Solaris, Linux and HP-UX and VMWARE servers.
Implemented Virtual Provisioning from VMAX 20k/10k arrays to hosts by creating Data devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool,
binding Thin devices to the pool, using SymCLI.
Implemented FAST for moving/swapping complete devices across different tiers, also FAST VP to automate the process of
identification of thin device extents and reallocating application data across different performance tiers within an array in
virtual provisioned environments.
Migrated data from DMX/CX arrays to VMAX 40k using Open Migrator, PVMove and LVMirror
Installed and configured point-in-time full copy local replication using Time Finder Clone in Symmetrix and Clarions
Allocated and Provisioned storage from Symmetrix VMAX, DMX-4, DMX-3 arrays to Windows, Solaris, HP-UX servers.
Worked in a heterogeneous server environment, including WINDOWS, LINUX, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and VMware
Created NFS file systems and implemented NFS export to various clients with required permissions.
Responsibilities also included registering hosts, creating RAID groups, binding LUNs, and adding luns to Storage groups
using Navisphere manger/NaviCLI for various UNIX and Windows hosts.
Managed fabrics using tools DCNM, Cisco CLI, Fabric Manager & Device Manager to create zones, zone set.
Administration of SAN environment comprising of Cisco MDS9513, 9509 and 9506 connected to Symmetrix VMAX, DMX4,
DMX-3 and Clarion CX3-40/80, CX4-480/960, VNX 5500/5700/7500 and Monitoring alerts using EMC Unisphere.
Configure new storage, Adaptive Optimization, Dynamic Optimization, Virtual Copy, Remote Copy
System performance monitoring with System Reporter on 3PAR frame & writing shell scripts to monitor 3PAR environment
3. Environment
10 EMC Vmax2and DMX frame, 5 EMC 400K storage frames, 4 3PAR frames, 1 XP24K frame. 10 EMC Clarion frames, 4 EMC
NAS frames. 100+ ESXi hosts, 5+ Vcenters, 900+ VMware machines. 900+ Red Hat Linux Servers. 100+ HP-UX and Solaris
Machines. HP Blades and C Class Enclosures , IBM X series Racks , Cisco UCS , HP-IA / PA servers.
2000 to 2007
IT Engineer – CMC Ltd. Vadodara, Gujarat, India 08/2005 to 04/2007
IT Engineer, Accel ICIM, Vadodara, Gujarat, India 03/2003 to 07/2004
IT Engineer – CMC Ltd. Vadodara, Gujarat, India 08/2000 to 08/2002
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic and Communications Engineering. 08/1992 to 08/1996
North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, India