Veerendra Patil has over 10 years of experience working with virtualization and storage technologies. He has extensive experience with Cisco UCS, VMware, NetApp, EMC storage arrays, and Symantec NetBackup. He has skills in designing, implementing, and managing private cloud infrastructures consisting of these technologies. He also has experience administering Linux/Unix systems and networking equipment like Cisco MDS switches.

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Cisco UCS:
 Extensive knowledge with Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series Blade servers and topologies and have
3+ year experience of working with Cisco UCS.
 Configured Cisco UCS 5108 chassis with cisco UCS 6120xp fabric interconnect (Cisco UCS B250 M2
Memory Blade Server + UCS B200 M2).
 Configured Cisco UCS 5108 chassis with cisco UCS 6324up fabric interconnect (B200 M4 and UCS
B250M2 blade servers).
 Configured UCSM MAC, WWNN/WWPN, UUID Pools according to enterprise customer
requirement and Cisco best practices.
 Configured UCSM Manager BootDeviceOrder, HostFirmware, Qos, LocalDisk Policies according to
enterprise customer requirement and Cisco best practices.
 Configured UCSM VLAN, VSAN, Pin Groups according to enterprise customer requirement and
cisco best practices.
 Implemented Cisco UCSM service profiles according to enterprise customer needs and Cisco best
practices.
 Have done multiple UCSM SAN Boot LUN migration for VMware, Windows, Unix/Linux Operating
systems.
 Involved in integrating Cisco UCSM and Microsoft Active Directory integration project.
 Configured UCSM ACL’s according enterprise customer requirement and Cisco best practices.
 Experienced with adding new UCS chassis and tuned the chassis discovery process according to
Cisco best practices for B-Series and C-series Blade Servers.
 Created Service profile template according to enterprise customer requirement and Cisco best
practices and deployed 100’s of service profiles.
 Architect Cisco USC Domains according to enterprise customer infrastructure requirements by
building Visio diagrams and present to management team.
 Experienced with Cisco UCS Licensing.
 Experienced with Upgrading Firmware for Cisco UCS fabric interconnect and its logical
components by following Cisco best practices.
 Involved in day to day Cisco UCSM administration tasks i.e. verify health, responding and taking
appropriate action for alert/events.
 Experienced with Cisco UCS Central.
 Have an extensive knowledge of SAN technology, worked with multiple project for NetApp
(FAS8060, FAS8040, FAS8020), EMX VNX, EMC XtremIO projects (configuration of SAN Switches,
Zoning, LUN mapping, verifying overhead of Aggregates/Storage Groups and taking appropriate
actions).
VMware
 Extensive knowledge of VMware and its technologies and 8+ year experience of working with
VMware.
 Experienced with 5000+ VMware VM’s and 500+ ESXI hosts environment.
 Design, Configure, manage VMware Virtual Infrastructure based on ESXi Hosts, multiple vCenter
Servers, vCAC/vRA, HA. DRS, vMotion, Storage DRS, Storage vMotion, vCloud Automation Center
(vCAC), Auto Deploy, Host Profiles, Update Manager, Orchestrator (vCO) and Site Recovery
Manager (SRM).
 Cisco UCS - Design, Install, Configure and Troubleshoot.

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 VCE Vblock – Has been instrumental in preparing LCS and design Workshops.
 Working with multiple vendors EMC, Cisco, VCE, VMware for designing, setting up Private Cloud
Infrastructure based on Vblock, vSphere, NSX, EMC VNX, EHC and Cisco UCS, Nexus platforms.
 Install, configure, manage vCAC platform for self-service provisioning in multi-tenant
environment. Configuring, managing vCAC provisioning groups, blueprints, workflows, monitoring
machines, compute resources reclamation.
 Installing Cisco UCS Components including Chassis, Fabric Interconnects, firmware upgrade,
service profiles, VLANs, Pools, blades, templates, and policies.
 Configure, Manage HA and DRS enabled ESXi Clusters.
 Actively participating in Team and Process development meetings.
 Managing multiple vCenter Servers spread across different geographic locations hosting
thousands of Virtual Machines.
 Entire Server platform refresh from HP ProLiant to Cisco UCS standard/Mini.
 Access Management using built-in/custom roles and permissions.
 Configure and manage vCenter Server, vCenter Server Inventory, Licenses, Virtual Networks,
vSwitch load-balancing policies, vCenter Server Appliance.
 Working with Datacenter facilities in installation, setup and configure, troubleshoot server
hardware.
 Configuring and Managing Datastores using iSCSI, FC based storage.
 Capacity Planning and Infrastructure Utilization Trend reporting.
 Installing, Troubleshooting Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.
 Creating and maintaining the server templates up-to date.
 Performing server consolidation, migrations through P2V and V2V.
 Build, support Windows and Linux OS based servers ‘
 VMware vSphere – Design, Install, Configure and Manage.
 Automating Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management using vCAC workflows.
 Configure, Manage HA and DRS enabled ESXi Clusters.
 Access Management using built-in/custom roles and permissions.
 Configure and manage vCenter Server, vCenter Server Inventory, Licenses, Virtual Networks,
vSwitch load-balancing policies, vCenter Server Appliance.
 Configuring and Managing Datastores using iSCSI, FC based storage.
 Virtual Machine management, performance troubleshooting.
 Designing Virtual Machine templates and building Virtual Machines using templates, cloning
existing VMs, creating and managing VM Snapshots.
 Perform VMware vSphere vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage vMotion migrations
 Virtual Machine protection using vSphere Replication, Site Recovery Manager (SRM),
Veeam/NetBackup/CommVault Backup and Replication.
 Install ESXi, Configure and manage the ESXi firewall, lockdown mode, integrate with AD.
 Configuring and Managing Resource Pools, Compute resources optimization, alarms and event
management, enhanced vMotion Compatibility.
 Install, configure Update Manager, Update Manager Plug-in, baselines, Scan and remediate to
perform ESXi patching and host upgrades.
 Hands on and comprehensive understanding of Booting ESXi from SAN, vCenter Server
deployment options, vCenter server, Database, Hardware requirements.
 Deploy, manage Private cloud using vCloud Director (vCD). Creating, managing Organizations,
Provider virtual Datacenters, Catalogs, networking for organizations and vApps.
 Troubleshooting and problem resolution of the VMWare Virtualization Infrastructure
 Installing, Troubleshooting Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.

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 Creating and maintaining the server templates up-to date.
 Performing server consolidation, migrations through P2V and V2V.
 Build, support Windows and Linux OS based servers.
 Implemented Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) using VMware View 5.1, vCenter, ESXi hosts,
View Manager, View Composer, View Client, VMware ThinApp, and View Persona Management.
 Scripting the system administration tasks and creating workflows to address stringent deadlines
for new VMs.
 Performance monitoring of VMs & ESXi Servers using vCenter and other monitoring tools.
 Handled hot migration and Cold migration depending on priority and severity of the server.
 Using Update Manager for upgrading ESXi versions or applying ESXi OS hotfixes, patches.
 Deployed, managed VMware vCOps (Operations Manager), for better diagnostics, performance
trending, capacity planning, right sizing and growth projection.
 Configuring Virtual Distributed & Standard Switch.
 Implemented, supported vCloud using vCloud Director (vCD), vShield Manager, vShield Endpoint,
Chargeback Manager, vCenter, ESXi.
 Hands-on experience with Dell, HP, Blades/Rack Servers hardware.
 Backup, Restore, Archive Virtual Machines using CommVault Simpana/NetBackup/Avamar.
 Ensuring the server builds are in compliance with Security Audit guidelines.
 Implemented DR solutions using Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vSphere Replication, EMC VNX.
 Implemented multi-site DR solution based on VMware vSphere, EMC VMAX, EMC SRDF and EMC
VPLEX.
 SAN Implementation/Administration: DAE Cascading, Zoning, Installing Hard Drives, Dry Run Test,
Install vendor proprietary software packages (Unisphere, Replication Manager), LUN
Management and Host Mapping.
 Troubleshooting issues with SAN Storage, Active Directory (AD), DNS, and DHCP.
 Used PowerShell to automate the server administration, backup and maintenance tasks.
 Handled the operations as per defined best practices. Performed Capacity Management
functions.
 Collaborated with Storage / Network / Data Center / Facilities / Audit / Compliance and PMO
teams.
 Involved in Business Continuation / Disaster Recovery infrastructure planning, building, and
testing
 Did project planning, documentation and reporting.
 Mentoring/Training system engineers and support teams.
 Adhering to ITIL framework while handling the incident, problem, change tickets to meet SLA.
 Stabilize existing Infrastructure services by pro-actively analyzing known issues, testing upgrades.
 Implement the technical solutions by considering the best practices from respective vendors.
 Create Standard Operating Procedures, technical run books.
Unix/Linux
 10+ experience with Unix/Enterprise Linux Operating Systems.
 Administer RHEL/SuSE including troubleshooting both physical and virtual server issues.
 Created and deployed automation scripts for server configurations, initialization and backups
creation upon server installation.
 Kernel configuration on the operating system for optimum performance

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 Performing updates and upgrades on the systems currently on the network for performance and
auditing purposes.
 Maintaining servers already installed and setup with custom builds and applications on their
networks.
 Datacenter and System Automation using Puppet Enterprise tool for automation
 Fixed and Corrected errors and setting within the operating systems that would pose an impact
either on the operating system and the network.
 Installed and supported applications such as Oracle/Mysql/Apache/Jboss/Samba/PostGreSql
etc.
 Performance Monitoring infrastructure on Enterprise Linux Operating Systems.
 Cacti, Nagios, and other Enterprise Performance Monitoring Servers on existing and new
Enterprise Linux infrastructure.
 Datacenter Migrations - Physical moves and Critical Data Moves from different datacenter
locations.
 Active Directory Integration with Unix and Linux platforms for user and application access.
 Maintaining servers already installed and setup with critical and specific applications on their
networks.
 Design, build, install and configure Enterprise Linux servers within a physical and virtual
environment.
 Utilize existing tools such as Nessus/Nmap Vulnerability Scanners to Monitor resource usage on
critical and specific machines.
 Performing updates and upgrades on the systems currently on the network for performance and
auditing purposes.
 Performing Administration and configurations on the system themselves as well
 Designing, Performing Administration and configurations on all the Cloud Systems as a Cloud
Architect
 System and application security and forensics analysis for vulnerabilities and security measures
 Experienced with Enterprise Linux(RHEL/SuSE/AIX) CLI.
 Experienced with LVM/Veritas Storage Foundation (now they call Veritas InfoScale) and its vxfs
filesystem.
 Experienced with Veritas Cluster Server.
 Installing/Upgrading RPM’s and building packages from source code (using make, gcc compliers).
 Installation and configuration of Apache/Custom Jboss(running custom war files)/Samba/NFS.
 Experienced in creating iptables custom rules to block the ports which are not essential.
Storage
 Extensive knowledge on NetApp, EMC VNX, EMC VMAX, EMC XtermeIO configurations.
 Involved in NetApp Ontap undisruptive upgrades.
 Extensive knowledge on NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager and Performance Manager.
 Experienced with EMC Unisphere for VNX and VMAK’s.
 Configured EMC XtremeIO and provisioned VMWare and Traditional block storage LUN’s.
 Experienced with MDS san switches and their topologies.
 Involved day to day administrative operational task for EMC, NetApp storages.
 Experienced with EMC SANCopy, EMC Recovery point.
 Involved in Storage migrations.
 Having experience of EMC SRDF replications.

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 Experienced with Veritas InfoScale/Storage foundation Suites and its filesystems.
Symantec/Veritas NetBackup
 Experienced in designing, implementing, configuring and administering high availability
NetBackup Master & Media servers & Enterprise Storage Area Network and Network Attached
Storage.
 Worked on Disaster Recovery plan by setting up remote Symantec 5230 Appliance, replicated all
production images by using Auto Image Replication (A.I.R) features.
 Participated multiple Disaster Recovery tests.
 Installed and configured complex NetBackup cluster.
 Did more than 50 NetBackup Catalog migration for different complex platform.
 Involved in more than 100 NetBackup Disaster recovery testing.
 Actively involved in all the datacenter migration activities by planning the implementation &
migration of the Disk SAN & Tape San attached with each application server that are being
moved to new datacenter
 Responsibility included installing and configuring several NetBackup master & Media servers,
migrate the catalog from old NetBackup domain to new NetBackup domain from two different
data centers to one consolidate datacenter, implementing ACL / Tape pool level security on
acyls servers.
 Planned and successfully implemented the migration of all the NetBackup master and media
servers from NetBackup version 6.5 to NetBackup version 7.6,
 Day to day activity involved coordinating with the project team, install new clients includes
SAN/LAN media servers, create policies and monitor successful backups and restores for all
clients.
 Monitor backups regularly and incase of any repeated failures of any specific clients, co-ordinate
and make sure the problem gets resolved.
 Has designed and implemented scripts for the automation of media insertion and movement in
the libraries for different master and media servers.
 DR testing Failover and Fail back (Test a Copy/ Fail over)
 Storage Provisioning based on customer requirement.
 Managing daily & Troubleshooting NetBackup–Data Domain/Enterprise Storage/Cloud Storage
Backups.
 Weekly meeting with customer to plan requirement for Back and Storage infrastructure.
EMC Avamar/Networker
 Avamar/Netwoker designing & Implementation.
 Data Domain Design & Implementation.
 VMAX administration.
 Played a Lead Technical Architect role in Cloud Product Development Team.
 Designed Network, EMC VNX Storage (BLOCK & FILE), and Recover Point Multitenancy target.
 Architected Designed & Implemented Cloud Enterprise Storage replication for EMC (ESR4EMC).

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 Lead EMC Recover Point & EMC VNX Storage Implementation team.
 Responsible for VNX Data Collection, Analysis & Designing DR target & implementing solution as
per customer requirement.
 Creating project plan for customer onboarding.
 Headed & Performed EMC VNX RPA vRPA DR test for customers as a part of routine operations
POC.
 Lead operations team for Back up (Avamar-Data Domain) in multitenancy mode.
 Played a role of team leader for Engineering, Implementation team & Operations team.
 Tech -Avamar Networker Data Domain.
 Designed Avamar Solution for production and remote locations.
 Implemented Avamar multi node RAIN configuration Gen4 in Production & at DR remote.
 Planning and configuration of Avamar Replication Data set, Retention and schedule & policy.
 Final documentation & knowledge transfer done to the customer to manage routine task.
 Study on existing environment using EMC Host Grabs, Heat Report & CAP report.
 Implementation & Configuration of Cisco MDS Switch.
 Strategically planned San Networking.
 Tech- EMC RecoverPoint .
 Implementing Physical and Virtual Recover Point.
 DR testing Failover and Fail back (Test a Copy/ Fail over).
 Storage Provisioning based on customer requirement.
 Managing daily & Troubleshooting Avamar –Data Domain back up’s.
 Weekly meeting with customer to plan requirement for Back and Storage infrastructure.
 Extensive knowledge on EMC DPA Reporting tool.