Meenatchi Rajendran
Cuddalore
Summary
Skilled VMware and Windows Administrator with extensive experience in server management and virtualization technologies. Led initiatives for VMware ESXi upgrades, including troubleshooting and resolving errors during the upgrade process. Managed the administration of Windows servers, including Active Directory object creation and server isolation projects, ensuring compliance with organizational standards. Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to enhance system performance and resolve incidents promptly.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai
02.2013 - Current
- VMware Admin experience(build server from templates, resource management)
- Hands on experience in upgrading VMware ESXi 5.5 to 6.0 & 6.5 & 6.7 by using update manager and 7.0 version in vBlock
- Resolving incompatible errors while upgrading ESXi and post validation to make sure everything working as expected.
- ESXi Host certificate renewal
- ESXi patching and upgrade and ESXi zombieload remediation
- vCenter patching and upgrade
- Hands on experience in CISCO Intersight console for ESXi hosts, Firmware upgrade and Hardware issues
- Creation of virtual machines, clone and Templates
- Performing snapshots, cloning, cold migrations and hot migrations
- Working on VMware changes tasks of VMs deployment and resources allocations
- Migrating VM servers from one cluster to other clusters
- Upgrading Nutanix components like AOS, Foundation, SATADOM, BIOS, BMC and ESXi by using Prism
- Hardware models handled as Dell R710/T710, Powervault MD1000/MD1200, Cisco UCS Blade, HPE G6,G7,G8 & G9 and UCSB-B200-M6
- Key player of VMware ESXi upgrade project and Windows 2008 servers isolation project
- Scaleio configuration and Maintenance
- Hpe and Dell firmware and driver upgrade
- Working on incidents - Hardware failure, performance issue and node down etc
- Co-ordination with vendor for HP/Dell/Cisco/Compucom/Nutanix servers hardware issue and provide AHS logs/tech support bundle to analyze issue
- Building, Configuring and maintaining windows servers
- Decommission of server if not required
- Administration of Microsoft Windows server and AD environment
- AD object creation in OU & Domain join for windows servers
- Planning and preparation of Windows 2008 servers isolation which includes network verification, new storage & zoning requirement, communicate with partners
- 2008 server migration has been done through powershell script to shutdown server, check map for vlan, migrate to new Gen VMware cluster and power on
- Creating and managing the virtual windows servers in hyper-v
- Upgrading the Dell DRAC firmware and managing the DRAC console
- Installation and managing the OMSA
- Recovering the tickets in Service Now of all severity( Production, Development, Stage and Test servers)
- Co-ordination and execution of outages & scheduled maintenance
- Troubleshooting and resolving day-to-day issues in windows and VMware
- 24/7 availability of all systems, applications and infrastructure
- Participate in anticipating, mitigating, identifying, troubleshooting and resolving hardware and software issues on servers in a timely and accurate fashion
- Co-ordinating with other staff, to prioritize and work on continuing to improve existing systems
- Review new technology per company direction
- Application experience for a large variety of server based business applications
- Track and input time on ticket
- Stay current with system information, changes and updates
- Ability to speak to a non-technical audience about technical problem
- Providing technical support to a Customer
- Conducting weekly calls with Clients on discussing about ticket status
- Sending a weekly ticket status with SLA to the respective clients
- Co-ordinating with Onshore teams and client to plan and execute critical activities
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering
S.K.V.Higher Secondary School
Kurinjipadi05-2012
Skills
- VMware administration
- Windows server management
- Virtual machine creation
- Incident resolution
- Server migration
- Technical support
- Client communication
- Project coordination
- Time management
- Team collaboration
- Vendor coordination
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Certification
- ITIL Foundation certificate in IT service Management certified by EXIN
- Installing and Configuring Windows server
- VMware internal courses
Timeline
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2013 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering
S.K.V.Higher Secondary School
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