Darshan MB

Performed day-to-day functions to maintain IBM Tivoli Server Manager and Veeam.
- Performed various tasks to maintain IBM storage devices, including monitoring TSM events, creating reports, and protecting TSM databases
- Performed day-to-day operational reporting functions
- Monitored components of TSM, including databases, logs, tape libraries, and backups
- Performed restores of customer data and assisted in complete server recovery due to failures or as part of disaster recovery scenarios using TSM
- Defined and managed storage pools in line with standards
- Administered and managed tapes
- TSM support inclusive of base install library configuration, management classes, storage pools, etc.
- Defined and managed retention policies, management classes, and copy groups
- Provided support for backup server tape drives and library problems, including halting and/or restarting the backup server software application
- Implemented LAN-free tape backups using TSM
- Documented the standards and procedures for TSM server’s backup policy
- Monitored on/off-site tape rotations and inventory and monitored procedures for compliance with the Disaster Recovery program
- Solved failed and missed backup problems and worked on root causes
- Implemented and administered TSM on LINUX, AIX, and WINDOWS servers
- Defined device class and storage pools
- Installed and maintained tape libraries
- Installed and configured B/A Client, Web Client, and TDP Clients
- Experienced in maintaining TSM Database and recovery logs
- Defined, configured, and managed policies and management class
- Checked in and checked out the volumes and labeled the volumes
- Experienced in taking backups and restores
- Defined and troubleshooted client and admin schedules to take periodic backups
- Working experience on LAN-free backups using Storage agent
- Responsible for Disaster Recovery planning and practice
- Worked with different libraries (IBM3584 & IBM 3583)
- Troubleshot BA client and TDP clients
- Performed the daily Health Checks for all TSM servers
- Addressed any critical issues related to TSM Server like LOG Pinning, SERVER process in HUNG State, troubleshooting it before the halt of TSM SERVER informing all the Teams
- Exported and imported client data from one data center to another data center for client requirements
- Handled TSM client/server installations, upgrades, maintenance, tape handling, and monitoring
- AIX, Linux & Windows Server administration for backup servers
- Managed backup using SAN and LAN Free with automated library
- Generated and defined the backup sets as per client requirements
- Registered, removed, associated, and deleted associations of nodes based on client requirements
- Configured and monitored the backups and troubleshooting in case of failure
- Defined and configured the client option sets for different flavors of clients
- Defined and monitored TSM operations like Reclamation, Migration, and Expiration process
- Coordinated with the windows teams to resolve the windows client issues
- Managed tape management, including sending the DR tapes off-site, recalling, Scratch count etc.
- Troubleshot and monitored hardware errors of drives, replaced and redefined drives in TSM server to access new drives
- Identified and resolved Tape volume errors, restored data from offshore volume, removed from the storage pool, and checked out the volume from the library
- AUDIT VOLUME if any inconsistency in VOLUMES DATA, RESTORE VOLUME.
- Managed the library, such as the availability of scratch volumes and tape checkouts, check-ins, and tracking of the media
- Configured TSM client in LAN Free and Storage Agent mode (through SAN)
- Managed Media using DRM
- Responsible for documentation of all environments and procedures
- Worked with the DBA’s to resolve any non-TSM related issues when the application DB servers experience a missed or failed backup

• Date of Birth: 01/16/99
• Marital Status: Single

• Certified Professional in Data Analyst