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Responsible for installation, configuration and administration of RHEL 4, Sun Solaris 9/10 and SLES 9.Installed and configured JBoss application server on various Linux servers.Configured Kickstart for RHEL (4, and 5), Jumpstart for Solaris and NIM for AIX to perform image installation through network.Involved in configuration and troubleshooting of multipathing Solaris and bonding on Linux Servers.Installed/Configured/Maintained/Administrated the network servers DNS, NIS, NFS, SENDMAIL and application servers Apache, Websphere, Jboss, Webogic, Oracle E-business suite and Samba on Linux.Involved in installation and configuration of Linux / UNIX Servers and Work Stations distributions include Red Hat.Implemented cross platform SAN being accessed via Samba and Linux for workstations and server environmentsAdministered and supported all distributions of Linux, including Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Red Hat.Worked with RedHat Linux tools like RPM to install packages and patches for RedHat Linux server and Vir-Install, Vir-manager to install and manage the Virtualized OS.Administered Linux servers for several functions including managing WebSphere, Apace/Tomcat server, mail server, MySQL database, SVN, ClearCase, build and firewalls in both development and production.Provided support for Linux virtual machines in z/VM LPARs running on z/System hardware.Used VERITAS VOLUME MANAGER to create disk groups, volumes, volume groups, and RAID’s.Implemented Virtualization using VMware ESX Server in Linux on HP-460C Blade, Dell-2950.Created Korn shell scripts to monitor system resources and system maintenance and Performed administrative tasks such as System start-up/shutdown, and Backup strategy and scheduled cron jobs for job automation.

Boston, Ma, Us

Administered servers in heterogeneous environments, which include Linux, Solaris and AIX operating environments.Responsible for image installation/configuration procedure, Kickstart for Red Hat Linux, Jumpstart for Solaris on x86 architecture.Managed and implemented changes, upgrades, security procedures and policies to the Linux.Involved in the yearly maintenance patching for both SAN and NAS connected Linux servers.Coordinated work with developers and database administrators to deploy and monitor HA environment applications utilizing VERITAS Cluster Services and Linux Cluster.Designed/Developed/Implemented/Scheduled the backup using VERITAS Netbackup 6.5 and Disaster- Recovery strategies for all UNIX servers.Performed deployment activities, environment support including installation, configuration diagnostics, planning and upgrades for Jboss Application server.Installed Weblogic Servers, configured its domains, maintained the server to produce and gather garbage collector logs.Planned/installed/maintained clustered environments for distributed applications using VERITAS Cluster, Sun Cluster and Linux Cluster.Worked as a senior Netbackup & Backup Exec engineer supporting more than 250 sites.Did server Virtualization using Solaris Containers (zones) and VMWare.Upgraded Netbackup 5.1MP5 to 6.5.2 on Solaris and HP Master and Media Servers. Added and removed pc desktop and laptop requests in Netbackup Professional Created profiles type naming convention, schedules. Implemented Netbackup Encryption on the media serversTrouble Shooting various problems and failures in VERITAS Netbackup and root-cause analysis of Netbackup. Implemented Vaulting process.

Marlborough, Ma, Us

Configured SDS Mirroring on System Disks and Configured IPMP on Network Interfaces.Configured Zones and Zones File system for Resource Sharing.Installation, Configuration and Administration of VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.0.Creating File Systems, Disk Groups, Volumes and Increasing File Systems using VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.0 (VxVM/VxFS).Created Korn shell Scripts for Websphere Start/Stop, Oracle DB Start/Stop and File System Usage Alerts in Production Environment.Installation, Configuration and Administration of Storage Foundation Cluster File System and Configured 2 node cluster with Cluster File System.Installed and Configured VERITAS NetBackup 6.5 and Upgraded to VERITAS NetBackup 6.5.3.Configured LTO4 Tapes, NetBackup Policies, Backup Schedules and Full & Incremental Backups on Daily, Weekly and Monthly BasisInstalled and Configured EMC Powerpath 5.0.2 and Emulex HBAs.Configured IBM Recommended Websphere Tunable Parameters on Solaris 10.Configured IBM Websphere App Server 6.0.2 running as non-root User.Upgraded System Firmware on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220/T5240 Servers.Troubleshooting on Hardware, Network and System Performance Related Issues.Creating and Managing User and Group Administration and Access Privilege Setting with SUDOERS.Configured Oracle 10g Recommended Kernel Parameters on Solaris 10.Worked with Team to Configure and Implement EMC Time Finder Solution (BCV) for Production Environment.Configured Cron Jobs for RMAN Backup, Oracle Database Archive Removal and File System Usage.Installed/Replaced Disks, RAM, Network Cards, HBAs, and Power Supply on Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120, T5220 and T5240 Servers.

Hyderabad, Ts, In

Worked with RedHat Linux tools like RPM to install packages and patches for RedHat Linux server and Vir-Install, Vir-manager to install and manage the Virtualized OS.Administered Linux servers for several functions including managing WebSphere, Apace/Tomcat server, mail server, MySQL database, SVN, ClearCase, build and firewalls in both development and production.Provided support for Linux virtual machines in z/VM LPARs running on z/System hardware.Used VERITAS VOLUME MANAGER to create disk groups, volumes, volume groups, and RAID’s.Implemented Virtualization using VMware ESX Server in Linux on HP-460C Blade, Dell-2950.Created Korn shell scripts to monitor system resources and system maintenance and Performed administrative tasks such as System start-up/shutdown, and Backup strategy and scheduled cron jobs for job automation.Developed scripts for automating administration tasks like customizing user environment, and performance monitoring and tuning with nfsstat, netstat, iostat, vmstat.Performed network and system troubleshooting using truss, pstack, top, trace, lsps, ndd, ithtool, lsattr, xmperf.Wrote and modified shell scripts (tk, Perl, ksh) to perform automated administration tasks.Worked extensively on VxVM, LVM, Solaris Logical Volume Manager and VERITAS CLUSTER.Used Veritas Cluster Server (VCS 5.5) to verify Failover/Pre-Failback/Failback incase of outage in the high environment.Worked with Oracle team to install and restore oracle 10g instances and built the Oracle RAC in production and test environments.