System Administrator
Tata consultancy services
02.2022 - Current
Certifications:
- NetApp ONTAP 9 Storage Essentials from Udemy by Neil Anderson
- IBM storage and cloud Essentials from IBM
- IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) Service fundamentals from IBM
- ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals from NetApp
- ONTAP Data Protection Fundamentals from NetApp
- ONTAP Data Management Fundamentals from NetApp
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Daily health checks on the NetApp, IBM GPFS and Brocade SAN switches
- Performance monitoring in NetApp devices using Active IQ, Grafana and Splunk dashboards
- Checking event logs & alerts and acting accordingly
- Monitoring Mailbox, ticketing tool and responding accordingly
- Working on Hardware issues in all the devices and hardware replacements by coordinating with vendors
- Logging calls and making follow-up with vendor in case of any issues (Hardware & Software)
- Generating capacity planning report of storage devices
- Active participation and engagement with customers for changes and issues
- Responsible for creating Aggregates/Volumes/ Qtree's /LUN
- Responsible for troubleshooting the Volumes/snapshots which are at high risk levels
- Change implementation and Incident monitoring using tools like Service Now
- Expanding and migrating Volumes based on requirement
- Participating in weekly governance and monthly security calls
Tasks Performed
- Co-ordinated with L3 and vendor on Ontap and Santricity Upgrades
- Performed Qtree level and Volume level NAS migrations using in house-built command tools to increase the share size or to improve the performances
- Performed NFS share Upgradations from NFS3 to NFS4
- Configured Volumes to grow and shrink automatically in NetApp
- New aggregate created, destroyed and managed the aggregates
- Replaced Defective Hard drive in NetApp/IBM GPFS and Dell ECS devices
- Creating and Managing SVM’s
- Created network interfaces and migrated between nodes
- New volume created as per the requirement and managed the volumes
- Performed volume uplift and de-provisions
- Increased the inode limit for the volumes
- Snap reserve modified as per the requirement
- Configuring and managing CIFS & NFS shares in NAS Environment
- Creating and managing the Qtree’s and quotas
- Managed NFS and CIFS share permissions through export-policies and share permissions respectively
- Scheduling and managing Snapshots
- Managed snapshots and snapshot restoration
- Configuring and managing SnapMirror and SnapVault Technologies
- Co-ordinated with L3 and Data center teams on performing Power down and disaster recovery tests
- Monitoring and troubleshooting Storage issues and performance diagnosis.
- Supported the implementation of new technologies by providing technical expertise and training to colleagues as needed.
- Enabled smooth transitions during hardware and software upgrades, minimizing disruptions to end users.
- Diagnosed and resolved complex technical issues through in-depth analysis, facilitating uninterrupted business operations.
