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Auckland, New Zealand

Papakura

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

I was employed as a Backup EngineerMy daily duties were to maintain the numerous comcellls and media agents on a daily basis, clients also had Symantec Products as well.The role also required after hours work and being on call for a week. I had to ensure that all backups were scheduled for back, installation of new clients into the system. These would range from the installation and configuring agents on, File IDA, Share point, Sequel Servers, Exchange Databases, Unix and Linux agents and Informix agents. By Analysing the log files of the servers, we were able to trouble shoot the problem and provide a root cause.New backup reports were generated and emailed to the clients daily. Multiple Storage Policies were created per media agent. If there were any issues with backup, the client was always kept up to date with server that had failed the backup and Incidents were created to track the progress per server and trouble shoot as to why the server had not backed up correctly.I maintained all of the media management, ejecting all full media, recalling all scratch media, ordering of new media with the use and configuration of vault.Managing the clients restores. This either involved a Full DR test of server, application DR’s or just file restoration. All were completed to the best service.We upgraded from CommVault version 9 and v10. Had to ensure that all servers hosts and peers were updated accordingly for CV9 requirements.

Auckland, New Zealand

Ordering aircraft parts and booking them out to the aircraft. I was required to create Orders to either purchase or repairs and drive them to the required vendor. I was required to create box crates to send larger parts overseas. Stock control was paramount; every 6 months was a stock take. Forklift work was required for larger parts, water methanol drums and gas cyclinders. Managing the tool store and issuing them out to the engineer and aircraft accordingly. Aircraft could not leave without all tools were returned to the tool store. Tools were calibrated regularly with vendors. Tools were often sent to Australia.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

I was employed as a Commvault SpecialistMy daily duties were to maintain the 8 Commcells and media agents on a daily basis.The role also required after hours work and being on call for a week. I had to ensure that all backups were scheduled for back, installation of new clients into the system. These would range from the installation and configuring agents on, File IDA, Share point, Sequel Servers, Exchange Databases, Unix and Linux agents and Informix agents. Also had to problem solve as to why agents did not install correctly.New backup reports were generated and emailed to the clients daily. Multiple Storage Policies were created per media agent. If there were any issues with backup, the client was always kept up to date with server that had failed the backup and Incidents were created to track the progress per server and trouble shoot as to why the server had not backed up correctly.I maintained all of the media management, ejecting all full media, recalling all scratch media, ordering of new media and ensuring that the company always got the best price.Managing the clients restores. This either involved a Full DR test of server, application DR’s or just file restoration. All were completed to the best service.We upgraded from CommVault version 8 to CommVault version 9. Had to ensure that all servers hosts and peers were updated accordingly for CV9 requirements. This entailed 600 to do. Upgraded the Commcell from version 8 to version 9 and ensured that all media agents were also upgraded to version 9. This entailed installing of Commserve and Media Agent and multiple storage policies.I had to order new media and keep up to date with better prices monthly.

Auckland, New Zealand

I was employed as a System Analyst 1 with the company. My duties, to maintain 8 TSM Servers. Daily tasks included creating storage pools, active storage pools, nodes and schedule creation. I maintained the application on the servers and trouble shooting of failed or missed backups. If and when problems occurred with TSM Server, trouble shoot the problem and ensure that the TSM Server be up and in working order. Upgrading of all TSM Servers and creating storage and libraries. The job entailed Service Level Agreement writing between the client and the business using my expertise and knowledge. Staff training on the backup software and hardware that the clients purchased. The continual backup and restoration of user data. Systems were backed up and recovered depending on the client’s requirements and needs. The job required troubleshooting software and hardware problems that were rectified before close of business. Some problems required working 24 hours which were rectified. Strong communication and coordination skills are most important when liaising with third parties and other clients within Unisys and making sure that business needs are being met. In addition, I ensured that all documentation was typed and corrected, that what was installed and configured met the client’s requirements and expectations.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Manage the business continuity and implementation of complex projects and systems of corporate clients. The job entailed Service Level Agreement writing between the client and the business using my expertise and knowledge. Staff training on the backup software and hardware that the clients purchased. The continual backup and restoration of user data. Systems were backed up and recovered depending on the client’s requirements and needs. The job required troubleshooting software and hardware problems that were rectified before close of business. Some problems required working 24 hours which were rectified. The servers were created to failover using Clustered Servers that was configured to ensure business continuity.I have been involved as a Hierarchal and Data Archiving Administrator. It involved configuring the SAN and allocating space. The backup software needed to be configured and documented. A SLA was written and staff successfully trained. Reports were created to monitor the daily SAN growth to ensure successful space was ensured. I maintained that servers were online at all times without errors and reported to the server engineers of problems.Disaster Recovery (DR) was a requirement of the clients to be held every quarter. This have had successful recoveries and no failures. It entailed planning; coordination and talking to vendors to successfully plan a DR. While at the DR, the live systems of the clients were also monitored to ensure that all backups were successful. I have coordinated successful projects, by organizing resources, having the hardware and software which was purchased delivered to all sites and on time. Meeting the client’s complex requirements and successfully meeting the deadline of the projects. After successful installation of all equipment, all staff had trained on the new equipment. Media Management was an important role as the media had a retention policies.r

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Role DescriptionThe job entailed all servers that were created on the Windows Networks and Unix Networks were backed up successfully. The continual backup and restoration of user data. Systems were backed up and recovered depending on the client’s requirements and needs. The job required troubleshooting software and hardware problems that were rectified before close of business. Some problems required working 24 hours which were rectified. The servers were created to failover using Clustered Servers that was configured to ensure business continuity. Reports were generated for business proposals and media management on a regular basis.The daily duties involved proactive maintence in upgrading the windows and unix agents to the latest. Upgrading the TSM databases to the latest version.The Disaster Recovery of TSM was done quarterly, with business deciding on what to recover. Strong communication and coordination skills are most important when liaising with third parties and other clients within Dimension Data and making sure that business needs are being met. In addition, I ensured that all documentation was typed and corrected, that what was installed and configured met the client’s requirements and expectations