Stanley Nweke

722 Glen Oak St

Dubuque. IA 52001
Contact Tel: 678-914-5364
Email: stan_nweke@yahoo.com
SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS:
9 Years plus of progressive IT Industry experience including 5 Years plus in
Netapp, Backup and Disaster recovery, System and Network administration.
Hands on experience working on NetApp SAN, NAS and IBM SAN
Technologies.
Design and Implementation of FAS2000, FAS3000 and FAS6000 Filer's
Experience in NetApp Filers quota Management, CIFS shares, NFS exports,
Data migrations
Hands on Experience with NetApp Filers FAS2040, FAS2240, FAS3140,
FAS3020, FAS3040, FAS3210, FAS3240, FAS3270, FAS6080, FAS6210,
FAS6280 and V-Series Filer's
Hands on Experience in working with Mixed Environments high end storage
systems such as IBM DS8100, DS8300, DS4400, DS4800, XIV-GEN3,V7000
and SVC
Experience in Aggregate, Volume, Qtree and LUN management,
Upgraded Ontap, from - 7.3.4P6 to 8.0.2P4, 8.0.1 to 8.0.3P2, 8.0.2.P5 to
8.1.1 and 8.1.1 to 8.1.2P1
Experience in troubleshooting the performance issues on the filers by
collecting Core Dump and Perfstats
Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of different OS like Microsoft
Windows/NT, Avamar,Red-Hat/SuSE Linux, AIX, Solaris and application
softwares.
Experience in troubleshooting Level 3 issues on the NetApp filers in SAN and
NAS environments
Allocated storage to Windows, Linux and Unix Servers
Experience in looping and stacking of Shelves on NetApp Filer's
Experience in Troubleshooting Storage and Server Related Issues
Experience with different data management and monitoring tools such as
Operations manager, provisioning manager, protection manager and
Oncommand Core/Host
Experience in NetApp Snap Drive, Snap Manager for SQL, Snap Manager for
Oracle, Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure, Volume Snapmirror, Qtree
Snapmirror, Flex Clone, Deduplication, Compression, Oncommand Balance,
storage planning, data management, disaster recovery planning best

practices and testing.

Good working knowledge of design, deployment, administration and
troubleshooting of Storage products like Tivoli Storage Manager based on
Linux, AIX, and windows environments.
Experience with basic administration of UNIX with IBM AIX 6.3
Experience in installing configuring and managing TSM server, client and
data protection agent software.
Backup & recovery administration in a diverse environment that included
more than 2000 UNIX, AIX and Windows servers etc.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Storage:
FAS2040, FAS2240, FAS3040, FAS3140, FAS3170, FAS3210, FAS3240,
FAS3270, FAS6080, FAS6210, FAS6240, FAS6280, V-SERIES FILER'S, DS4400,
DS4800, DS8100, DS8300, XIV-GEN3, SVC, PROTECTIER, V7000
Platforms:
Data ONTAP, Microsoft Windows operating systems, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu),
VMware ESX, AIX.
Networking:
Cisco switches, Brocade switches, Mcdata Switches, TCP/IP, ISDN, LAN/WAN,
Transport Protocols, Mobile IP, PSTN, DSL, VPNs, Ethernet, BGP.
Data Protection /Monitoring Software:
Snap Mirror, Sync Mirror, Snap Vault, Open System Snap Vault (OSSV), Snap
Drive, Snap Lock, Snap Restore, Snap Manager for Exchange (SME), Snap
Manager for SQL(SMSQL), Snap Manger for Virtual Infrastructure, Snap
Manager For Oracle (SMO), Operations Manager(Data Fabric Manager(DFM)),
Oncommand Core and Host Package, Flex Clone, Oncommand Balance.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
IBM, DUBUQUE IA
March 2016 Present
Netapp/Storage Admin

Supported and Implemented NetApp in an existing environment of

Solaris, VMware, UNIX, and Windows Servers.
Day to day problem analysis, escalation and resolution on NetApp Filers
Worked with backup team to process the restore requests on NetApp
filers.

Replacing the failed disks on NetApp Filer.

Setup & Manage Multiprotocol environment as needed by client.
Expertise in data migrations between V-filers and filers using SnapMirror.
Expertise in creating aggregates, Volumes and Qtree and export them
using NFS and CIFS shares.
Managing NFS / CIFS / IP SAN Volume, Qtree.
Expertise in creating snapshots, FlexClones on volumes.
Implemented SnapMirror as DR solution between filers and Snap Vault as
backup solution.
Creating CIFS shares and managing the permissions of the CIFS Shares
and Managing NFS Exports.
Upgrade disk shelf firmware upgrades on the NetApp Filers FAS6080.
Worked on designing and implementing bunker and remote replication
using NetApp SnapMirror and Snapvault technologies.Weekly basis
increasing the storage capacity by going through Data Deduplication and
data compression.
Schedule deduplication to occur during off-Peak times in capacity
management of storage system.
Worked on VMware ESX Servers and provided NFS volumes and LUNs to
ESX Servers.
Administer SAN and NAS Environment using Data Fabric Manager Console
Monitored the health of SAN components, set up alarms and created
the logs.
Trans Alliance Group
Dec, 2013 Feb, 2016
Position: Netapp/Storage Admin
Installation, Configuration and Administration of NetApp FAS2000, FAS3000
and FAS6000 Series Filers.
Created Aggregates, Volume, Qtrees, Vlans, Virtual Interfaces, Igroups,
VFiler's, CIFS Shares and NFS Exports.
Created Volume and Qtree Snapmirror Relationships as a part of Disaster
Recovery Planning.
Recovered Lost Storage Data using Snap Restore, Flex Clone, Snapmirror
and Snap Vault
Setting up and troubleshooting NFS, CIFS, and SAN ( FC and ISCSI)
Environment.
Checking the status of aggregate and volume usage using DFM.
Configuring and troubleshooting SnapMirrow Envinment.
Restoring the data using snap restore and CIFS shares.
Installed, Configured and Administered Operations Manager, Oncommand
Core/Host package, Performance Advisor (NMC 3.1) for Monitoring and
Reporting.

Performing Daily health check to monitor the usage of LUN, Aggregate and
volume utilization.
Analyzing and Troubleshooting Filer, Array and Server Related Issues in The
Environment Using Monitoring and Reporting Tools
Assisted the Team in Resolving Level 3 Issues in the Environment
Configuring windows ISCSI Boot LUN for the environment.
Created Global and Local Mirror Relationships on San Volume Controller for
Disaster Recovery
Performed Data Migrations using Volume Snapmirror, Qtree Snapmirror,
Flash Copy, Image Mode Copy Technologies
Managed Snapshot Retentions and Snapmirror Intervals as a part of Backup
Strategy
Ontap OS upgrade from 7.3.3 to 8.07 mode.
Experience installing and configuration of NetApp CDOT Architecture.
Managed Filers Using Oncommand System Manager, Filer View, Command
Line Interface and Provisioning Manager.
Installed, Configured and Administered Snap drive, Snap Manager for Oracle,
Snap Manager For SQL and Snap Manager For Virtual Infrastructure for
Backup and Recovery.
Configured NDMP for Snap Vault and Tape Backup.
Adding disk shelf to the existing storage for standalone and High availability
controllers.
Checking the storage critical Events, Storage remediation like HBA driver
and firmware upgrade.
Performing Deduplication for the volumes.
Community Health Systems
Jul, 2011 - Nov 2013
Position: Netapp/Backup Admin
Configuring and Troubleshooting FAS3200 Series NetApp Filers
Monitoring and Administration of FAS3240/FAS3270 Filers and FAS6000
Series Filers.
Created aggregates/volumes/qtrees in a NetApp environment
Managed protection manager, provisioning manager and operations
manager for automation monitoring and reporting purposes
Troubleshooting issues in the environment by working with the NetApp
Customer support
Provisioned Storage for VMware.
Troubleshooting issues encountered with virtual storage console.
Installed Snap Manager For Exchange,
Installed Single Mail Box Recovery, Install, configure, patch, and maintain
TSM technologies.

Troubleshooting Issues Encountered with SMBR and SME.

Troubleshooting Issue with CIFS and NFS Performance
Troubleshooting Issue With Upgrade of Disk Firmware
Upgrade Of Disk and Bios Firmware
Decommissioned NetApp Filer (FAS3140).
Troubleshooting issues with Service Processor (SP) and Auto Support
Used Data Fabric Manager and other tools to ensure system stability and
monitoring
Worked with NetApp Snap Drive
Implemented Snap Vault Technology in to the environment for disk to disk
Backup
Implemented Snap Mirror Technology to Migrate Data to DR Location
Provided Point in Time images of Volumes and Qtrees using Snapshot
Technology
E-ITSOURCE
May 2009 - June 2011
Position: Backup & storage Admin
Working as an Avamar Administrator and a TSM Admin on a clients project
in full
transition from TSM to EMC Avamar/Data Domain
Participated in the Migration of critical mission data from TSM to Avamar and
running the daily operations in the EMC Avamar environment and the already
existing TSM environment pending full and complete transition.
The day to day activities included the following:
Performing daily remediation on the servers for which monitoring generates
alerts of failed backups.
Handling all the procedures to get the Avamar grids upgraded from Avamar
version 6.0 to Avamar 7.1
Handling issues like the Node Failure, Node Addition and Node replacement
and work in coordination with the EMC Support, if required
Initiating the manual backups and restores as per the requirements.
Addition of new clients and scheduling the backups for them.
Performing the Server Maintenance, Capacity Checks, OS Utilization checks.
Generating the Audit reports for the successful, unsuccessful backups over a
period of time.

Creating SOPs wherever required to make the process understandable to

new members in the team.
Modifying / deleting the existing clients and their backup policies.
Creating SIPs to achieve the success SLAs.
Configuring / modifying the DPA reports for active client statuses.
Taking care of issues escalated by customers directly or by the management.
E-ITSOURCE
Jan 2007 - March 2009
Position; TSM Storage Admin
Provide support and administration for backup, recovery and vaulting
through Tivoli Storage Manager and making sure all of the service level
agreements are in accordance with legal and business obligations.
Installation, configuration and maintenance of TSM Servers, clients and UNIX
Servers.
24x7 on-call support for problems, emergency storage issues, failed
equipment, etc.
Migrated TSM Server 5.x to TSM server 5.4,5.5 and 6.1 on AIX 5L and AIX 6.1
and
Windows Servers.
Migrated TSM Clients from 6.1 to 6.3.
Monitor components of TSM, including databases, logs, tape libraries,
messages and backups.
Define and manage storage pools in line with standards.
Define and manage retention policies, management classes and copy
groups.
Administer TSM server environment(s) to monitor and manage enterprise
data management processes. Monitor TSM application server processes and
errors to ensure overall system performance and stability.

Monitor and ensure that backup server maintenance tasks are successful on
a daily basis, correcting any errors when necessary.
Reducing costs, Tape handling and media failures are eliminated and make
better use of incremental (and differential) backups.
Provide support for backup server Tape drives and library problems,
including halting and/or restarting the backup server software application.
Configuring TSM TDP such as Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino, MS
Exchange and Oracle.
Plan to determine Storage and Backup needs and solution for Enterprise
projects.
Solving Failed and missed backup problems and to work on root causes.
Weekly schedule of new servers to TSM Server Registration and
Association to backup schedules and test.
Weekly monitoring of TSM databases, recovery log and Storage Pools
Extend if necessary.
Implementation of LAN free tape backups using TSM in SAN environment.
Enhance DR environment by providing additional solutions to address any
short falls.
Monitor on-off site tape rotations and inventory &monitor procedures for
compliance for Disaster Recovery.
Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing and maintenance for the
enterprise TSM environment.
Manage capacity and performance of the backup infrastructure ensuring the
integrity of infrastructure on a day to day basis.
Maintain and update documentation for the standards, processes &
procedures to be adhered by the team. Exchange 2003.
Provides extensive support and training for the Tivoli product with operation
and support.

Configuration of TSM Database and Recovery log, Configuration of Tape

Storage Pools, Disk storage pools to create onsite & offsite copies.
Configuration of inventory expiration, migration, reclamation, collocation etc.
Defining, schedules for client data backup and Admin Schedules for backup
of TSM DB
Configuration of Storage Policy on TSM
Scheduling and Managing TSM backups, maintaining IBM 3584 Automated
Tape library.
CERTIFICATIONS:
ORACLE Certified Program 11g Administration 1
Cluster Data ONTAP NetApp Certified 7-Mode Data Administrator (NS0-155)
NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer SAN- 7- Mode (NSo 502),
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 Certified,
EXIN ITIL Foundation (ITVF.EN) Certified
EDUCATION:
Bachelors of Business Administration
Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu Nigeria.