Candidates About

 

Shahid Toor

 

SUMMARY:

•                      15 years of experience in Information Technology helping clients achieve their goals.

•                      19 solid years of SAN experience, including managing large UNIX data centers.

 

Extensive expertise in management of following systems and technologies:

 

SKILLS:

SAN:                           Brocade 24k, 48k, DCX, Mcdata 6064, Cisco 9000, Zoning, lunmasking, QLogic and Emulex HBAs.

Storage:          EMC clariion, DMX, V-max, VNX,, UNITY, VMAX3, F800, 950F,250F,Vplex(5.5), Isilon, XtremeIO 4.0, replicator 8.1, DS8870, HP P9500, EVA 8k, Hitachi uspv, 9960, 9990, HUS, Tagmastore, VSP, HUS VM, HUS110, hitachi G1500, F1500, HNAS 4048,4100. Netapp 6k,9k, DAS, PURE/M.

Software :                   HDS device manager, command suite 8.5, ,Navigator 2, HDLM, shadow image, True copy, UVM, TSM(Tiered storage manager), HUR, Performance monitor, HP Command view,  EMC ECC 6.1, SMC 7.1, Navishere, unisphere 8.4 for Vmax, Solutions enabler 8.4, open replicator, open migrator 3.13, ppme, FLM, emcopy, robocopy, isi_vol_copy, isi_vol_copy_vnx, hypermax  os 5977, SM8, Onefs 7.2, SM4, SVC, TPC, SUN common array Manager, Brocade and Cisco dcnm, Ontap 9.3, AFF A700, DFM, snapvault, oss, oncommand, cdot, 7mode,cdot

Backup:                       Netbackup 7.6,8.0, networker 8.2, 9.2, Avamar 7.2, TSM 7.1, Data protector 8.1, Backup Exec, data protection advisor (dpa 6.1).viper 4.1

Libraries:                    Sun, StorageTek Tape Libraries with DLT Drives L700, HP tape library ESL 9000, IBM TS3500

Volume managers:     Symantec, SUN, IBM, HP volume managers

LPARS:                         VMs, IBM DLPARS, Vpars

Protocols:                   DNS / BIND / NIS / Send mail / FTP, Exchange, SSH, Sftp, TCP/IP, putty, scp

                                    smb3, nfs 4.1

Databases:                          MSAccess, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, mysql

Shells and languages:  Perl, Korn shell, C, ASP, Java, JSP, Java scripts, PHP, Basic,

Cobol, Fortran

 

Certifications: Symantec Clustering, ESX HA, DRS, UNIX, EMC SRDF and TimeFinder

EDUCATION:

 

 

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering from UET Pakistan (1984)

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIEN

 

First Data Hagerstown MD                                                                           Feb 15 till current

Architecture of solutions for global data centers

•                      Vplex and vmax architecture

•                      Planning for data migration, consolidation and infrastructure building in the new data center

                        Work with different teams including storage, server,application teams for performance analyzing      for problem resolution

•                      Creating, analyzing grabs for performance and  migration purpose.

•                      Plan and design the migrations using SRDF, RPA, VPLEX, open migrator, open replicator veritas mirroring  LVM for block and robocopy, emcopy, rsync for NAS migrations.

Setup  RPA for VMAX and VNX  replicator using unisphere and command line.

•                      Used Cisco MDS 9718 for zoning.

•                      Planned and used isilon A2000, F800 series

•                      Led a team of engineers and application owners for architecting storage solutions.

•                      The 8 people team consisted of vendoer  representatives.

•                      This team worked together to resolve the complex issues, performance issues and root cause analysis

•                      Planned and architected the networker 9.2. Used networker for backup and restore

•                      Planned win and UNIX servers  for migration to isilon

•                      Patched the storage, backup and servers.

•                      Used onefs 7.2 for administration

Planned for upgrade to onefs 8.0.

Patched and started testing the performance of F800 isilon. Worked on could pools for ECS.

•                      Created storage pools and used smb and nfs

•                      Cleanup recheck everything pre and post migration for the other team members. Creating run books

•                      Planning for cluster migration and consolidation on to few clusters from many source clusters

•                      Plan and setup the infrastructure for remote data centers including floor planning, electricity, storage, servers, network, racks and backup

•                    Architected the netbackup 8.0.

•                    Planned the and implemented the upgrade from 7.6 to 8.0

•                    Setup and implemented the DR

•                    Planned the upgrade to new policies, schedules and clients

•                    Worked on avaamar 7.2.

•                    Created the schedules for  the client.

•                    Worked on moving windows clients to avamar.

                        Working on Migration from dmx to vmax, VMAX3, allflash using SRDF, open replicator, open migrator, NDM

•                      Worked on VMAX3 with hypervisor 5977

•                      Created Luns and file systems using eNAS.

•                      Used the hybrid 400k and all flash 950F, 250F systems

•                      Using XtremIO.

•                      Testing the 3^rd party arrays for migration.

•                      Planning all the devices on sun clusters and sun zones

•                      Planning and creating zones and completed AIX WIN,VMware, Linux and HP migrations

•                      Working on remedy tickets and CRs for sync of SRDF and creating pairs and srdf groups, links

•                      Doing queries and splits

•                      Creating vplex, array and server zones

•                      Creating extents and devices, distributed devices, virtual Luns, storage views

•                      Doing production allocations using bmc remedy

•                      Planning for the new builds and migrating vplex devices from the source to the destination clusters of, Aix, Sun vmware and windows

•                      Add new servers to the clusters on vplex

•                      Plan for the removal of old emc hardware and bring new one

•                      Using netapp, HNAS,  export and file shares and

•                      Using nfs and cifs/smb on netapp, hNAs and VNX 8000 and unity,Isilon   for file and NFS and and VNX block

•                      Working on oncommand, unisphere and SVOS

•                      Allocating storage to Unix, Windows, vmware and compute platform for vce vblock 740

•                      Used symcli, navicli, vplex cli  and unix command line including Linux.

•                      Vmware sizing on the Blade systems and using cisco nexus 7000 and 9000 series.

•                      used ucs central for setting up the Vmware

•                      Used layer 1 and 2 network switches and fiber channel and fcoe protocols

•                      Used nexus 9518 switches and check the capacity and upgraded the additional cards

•                      Worked on pure architecture, deployment and operation.

•                      Host groups adding hosts and Luns.

•                      Allocated LUNs to AIX, Linux,WIN  and VMware.

Setup the UCS and allocated  luns to UCS.

Worked on replication of pure arrays and designed the replication for snaps.

Worked on allocating LUNS and replication using shadowcopy and HUR on G1500 and evalued F1500.

Helped on scanning the allocated Luns on unix VMWARE and win Machines.

RWMC Scottsbluff, NE                                                                                         NOV 14 till Jan 15

Avamar System Administrator and VMware

 

•                      Working on Avamar.

•                      Upgraded server and client agents to7.1

•                      Troubleshooted failing backups

•                      Created and modified groups policies and schedules, data sets and clients

•                      Added and removed clients

•                      Used clariion and vnx

•                      Architected and used migration from clariion to VNX using SANcopy

•                      Designed and setup the replication between the 2 VNXs

•                      Applied patches to windows systems and proxies

•                      Worked on the allocation from XtremeIO with X-Brick20

•                      Designed Vplex local to migrate data from clariion toVMax and xtremeio

•                      Upgraded the vcenter from 5.5 to 6.5

•                      planned the server cards and the VMs.

•                      used the storage for esxI.

•                      Added the storage toVMware datastores.

•                      Designed the UCS VMWARE

•                      Designed the vcpus and vnics, VMs.

•                      Used image backup for vims

•                      Used nexus switches for UCS

•                      Mentored the client staff for AVAmar and VNX

 

Usa Truck Van Buren AR                                                                                          July 14 till Oct 14

Senior Solutions Architect

 

•                      Architectected replication son solution using VNX.

•                      Used best practices for VNX. Designed and created pools and Luns

•                      Designed recoverpoint solution and implemented using Vmax for disaster recovery.

•                      Used Unix windows and vmware luns to replicate.

•                      used consistency groups and deployment manager.

•                      .used replication sets.

•                      Used zoning with cisco MDS 9513.

•                      Worked on VNX all flash and Xtremeio usin X-brick10

•                      Designed RPAs and replication links

•                      Setup the data domain using networker

•                      Used nexus  5548  switches for making zones

•                      used vblock 720, ucs5108

•                      designed chassis, servers, VMware clusters and VMs.

•                      Designed vhbas vnics and FIs.

•                      Created templates and profiles for blade servers

•                      Used vnics to migrate vcenter from 5.1 to 5.5

•                      Designed and created vlans.

•                      Installed and setup SRM,

•                      Setup boot luns and installed the OS on the VMs. Used ucsm for management.

 

 

Diageo Norwalk CT                                                                                       Dec 13- June 14

Senior Solution Architect

 

•                      Collected the customer data and detected the problems in the hardware setup

•                      Made recommendations to the client for short term and long term fixes.

•                      Worked on Avamar backup and resolved issues in duplicate setups and long time in some backup

•                      Created policies

•                      Wrote scripts for timefinder, provisioning, migration and backup.

•                      Worked on universal access centera

•                      Created pools

•                      Worked with the team to gather requirements,

•                      Worked as a senior architect

•                      Lead a team of 12 people from different teams (vendors, app owners network, servers, facility and storage Worked on lift and shift servers

•                      Setup backup for the servers on tsm

•                      Restored them at new site with tsm and then setup the backup on commvault

•                      Created new policies and schedules on commvault simpana

•                      Worked with the client for best practice EMC VMAX.

•                      Planned and migrated AIX and HP servers using lift and shift method. Also migrated HP and Aix servers using native LVM utilities

•                      Helped in solution architecture using VMAX and ISILON. Used snapshotiq, synciq, smartpools

•                      Patched the storage and servers and backup environment

•                      Used smartdedup

•                      Helped them cleanup client schedules

•                      Used mds9710 for zoning

•                      Planned and migrated zones from brocade to cisco MDS 9513 and 9710

•                      Migrated the servers from brocade to Cisco

•                      Planned and implemented VMAX frontend ports for redundant performance.

•                      Used symcli and commandline for unix and Linux for allocating the storage and troubleshooting woth unix admins.

•                      Used Unisphere for VMAX and Vplex

•                      Mentored junior members about the use of Vplex and VMAX

•                      Used Viper SRM for monitoring and performance.

•                      Migrated luns from XIV to VMAX

•                      Worked on vsp using device manager

•                      Created Luns and found wwwns for migration to Vmax

•                      Used volume mirror migrations for no disruptive migrations

•                      Collected information for fabrics and provided solution to fix issues with the fabrics.

•                      Provided a solution for easy allocations of luns by designing a smaller groups of different luns

•                      Designed a solution and implemented fastvp for faster backups by migrating the luns on a faster tier during heavy backup times.

•                      Worked on planning and implementation of Vplex local and metropoint.\Planned and migrated the shares from netapp to isilon using robocopy and also isi_vol_copy

•                      Used snapmirror and snapvault for replication of netapp.

•                      Created the procedures trained the client and prepared runbooks for them.

•                      Planned and used synciq, snapshotiq

•                      Set up UCScluster and installed VMware on UCS5108.

•                      Installed venter, VMs, and added the storage on them

•                      Planned and migrated VMs from one to the other datacenter using VMconverter.

•                      Wrote scripts for timefinder and snaps for backup

•                      Used Microsoft hyperv

•                      Setup and tested SRDF

 

EMC – Square2 Financial Denver CO                                                                      Sep 2013 – Dec 13 Storage Architect

 

•                      Working on migrations from HNAS to VG2 NAS

•                      Checked the NAS NFS and CIFS on HNAS

•                      Created the NFS and CIFS on VNX

•                      Planning for Migrations using EMCcopy and Rsync or RoboCopy

•                      Setup Celerra replication

•                      Checking the interconnects between Denver and Lisle VG2

•                      Planning the replication setup and implementation of replication

•                      Working on migrations from AMS2500 and XIV to VMAX

•                      Used unispher and symcli.

•                      Used VERITAS volume manager for migrations to VMX

•                      Checking the size of the LUNs and their WWNS on the AMS2500

•                       Did Performance fine tuning for high Availability

•                      Did  Reporting and Capacity Management

•                      Planning to create the new LUNs on VMAX

•                      Creating zones on the Brocade switches 7800

•                      Used Lsans on the switches

•                      Used fcr export configuration

•                      Using OpenMigrator and open replicator for migrating the Luns from AMS2500 to VMAX for Linux,  Win and VMware servers

•                      Checking VMware data stores, creating new data store LUNs and planning for VMotion and implementing the migrations

•                      Working on Unisphere installation for VMAX and configuring it

•                      Cleaned up storage zones and luns from VSP

•                      Migrated Luns from vsp to Vmax

•                      Working on RecoverPoint setting and replication

•                      Planning for consistency groups and replication Luns

•                      Planning for replication links and implementing replication

•                      Setting up RPA clusters

•                      Planned, setup and cabled the HBAs

•                      Planned , created and allocated luns to the vm servers

•                      Installed the UCS

•