Sachin Pichad

E-mail: sachin.pichad@hotmail.com
Mob No: +91 7045599644 / 9860678453

Objective
To improve and make efficient use of my theoretical and practical knowledge with
innovations in a dynamic real time world for development of my skills and maximum benefits
to the organization.

Certification

AIX System Administration:

(IBM AIX 6.1 System Administrator. ID- SR5584616)

Experience Summary

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7 Years of experience as AIX Administrator.
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Experience with installation and Administration of AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1. 
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Assembly & mounting of POWER8 (E880) server. 
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Firmware up gradation of Power 6, Power 7 & Power 8 Servers. 
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HMC firmware up gradation.
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Experience in installing, configuring, managing, maintaining and developing AIX
Systems.
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Installation and configuration of NIM master server and clients. 
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Migration of AIX OS from 5.2 to 5.3 and 5.3 to 6.1 on P Series servers. 
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TL Upgradation through alt_disk_clone
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Experience with IBM Power4, Power5 ,Power6, Power7, Power8 hardware support. 
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Experience in Planning and Implementation of virtualization on Power8 i.e E880 
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Experience in Installation, administration and configuration of VIO Server and VIO
client LPAR'S through HMC.
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Experience in performing DLPAR on VIO servers.
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Experience in working with Shared Ethernet Adapter, Link Aggregation and
NPIV concepts associated with VIO server technology. 
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Experience with LVM, NIM, User & System Resource Management, Job Scheduling
and Paging Space Management.
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Experience in creating CRON jobs to automate various system administration tasks
using Crontab Utility
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Experienced with tools SMIT, configured public network with mktcpip and change
IP’s of the servers.
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Experienced in monitoring system performance and check the status of the system
using utilities such as TOPAS, NMON, VMSTAT, IOSTAT, etc.
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Experience on HACMP 6.1, cluster configuration, start stop cluster, VG creation in
cluster.
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Peripheral Experience in DS800, DS5000, DS4000, V7000, EMC Storage, tape library
3584.
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Experienced in configuring SSH, NFS, ftp.
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Experience on mksysb & mkdvd backup of AIX. VIO backup on tape & file system.
HMC backup on remote serve file system.  AIX OS restoration through mkdvd backups
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Worked on TSM server, TSM client.
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Worked 24X7 and on-call in production support and trouble shooting on AIX pSeries
servers.
Experience Details:

1) Company : FIS Payment Solution Pvt Ltd

Designation : AIX Administrator L2 ( 16 months)
Duration : August 2016 to Present

2) Company : Wysetek System Technologist Pvt Ltd,Mumbai.

Designation : AIX Administrator L1 (17 months)
Duration : January 2015 to August 2016

3) Company : Future Focus Infotec Pvt Ltd, Mumbai.

Designation : AIX Administrator L1 (25 months)
Duration : November 2012 to-December 2014

4) Company : Cympac Software Solutions Pvt Ltd. Pune

Designation : AIX Administrator L1 (9 months)
Duration : Feb 2012 to October 2012

AIX Administration

User Management:
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Creating Users, Group as per user creation policy.
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Troubleshoot user account for account lockout and account expiration issues.
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Remove/add user also add/remove ownership and permission to specific user on
file system.
Logical volume Management:
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Creation of volume group, logical volume and file system (jfs and jfs2) on logical
volume
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Troubleshooting of file system issues.
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Extend and reduce file system
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Changing permission and ownership of file system.
Installation and OS patching:
 Installation Type-New and Complete Overwrite, Migration and Preservation
Installation
 NIM alternate disk migration installation on running client .
 NIM client installation using NIM server .
 AIX installation using AIX base media
 AIX OS up gradation throught alt_disk_clone
 Open ssh, bash and rpm installation on AIX.
Network file system:
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Configuring NFS server and client for NFS mount.
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Working with NFS mounts and related issues.
AIX operating system backup:
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Regular system backup using mksysb (monthly)
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Backup restoration using NIM
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OS Backup using mkdvd & restoration without nim
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Crontab scheduling
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VIO backup.
HMC:
 LPAR creation
 Dynamically add, remove and move resources of HMC managed system.
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HMC and managed system backup.
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Create partitions, partition profiles, and system profiles, activate partitions, and
schedule operations for partitions, dynamic operations for adding, moving, and
removing memory, processor resources and dynamic movement of physical adapter.
VIO
 CD/DVD, tape drive and SCSI device mapping from VIO.
 Virtual Media Library on VIO for AIX OS installation using mksysb image.
 Creation of virtual SCSI and virtual fiber channel adapter and Ethernet adapter and
mapping of HBA and SEA.
HACMP
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Concurrent VG , LV, file system creation in active active cluster.
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Resource group creation.
 cluster start stop.
STORAGE:
 Worked on IBM storage (DS 3500 5000 3524 DS8000 V7000) & EMC storage.
 LUN creation, LUN assignment to target host from EMC and IBM storage using dual VIO
setup.
 LUN concatenation in storage.
 Assigning raw disk to AIX client lpar from storage for oracle database.
 Work with vendors for resolving storage problems. Troubleshoot open calls with
vendors.
 Hard disk replacement of DS8000, DS4000 & V7000 storage
TSM:
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BA client Installation on AIX server.
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Start and stop TSM services.
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Define Drive, Library Path.
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Checkin & Checkout Library Volumes.
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TSM Database backup.
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Worked on IBM Library 3584, Drive replacemnt, Firmware Upgradation of Library &
Drives.
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Troubleshooting TSM issue using ACTlogs of TSM.

Activity performed:
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Mounting , Assembly & Installation of POWER8 (E880) Server.
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FC & network cabeling according to Design digram.
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New lpar profile creation and AIX 5.3, 6.1 and 7.1 installation.
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NIM Server configuration.
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Mksysb restoration through nim,
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OS restoration through mkdvd
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OS Installation on LPAR through vio by using AIX ISO images.
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AIX client lpar root passwords troubleshoot using NIM spot and base CD
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rootvg mirroring
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IP swap and LPAR Migration.
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OS restoration trough mkdvd iso images.
Daily AIX Administration
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File system size utilization monitoring.
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Memory & CPU Utilization of all Servers trough topas
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LUN allocation to Windows & AIX sevrer from IBM Storage
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Checking events and alerts for AIX servers through HMC
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Checking events and alerts for DS8K DS V7K Storage through HMC.
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Checking All Production Applications and databases up and running
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Monitoring errpt errors
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Troubleshoot TSM issues.
  Storage Health check
 Taking DB backup on tape
 SAN switch Health check
 Daily Health check of production SAN switch, if any issue log a call to vendor and co-
ordinate with them for resolving issue.

Educational Qualification:

Examination Board/University Year Of Passing Class

B.E.
Delhi University Dec-2011
(Computer Science) Second Class

H.S.C Pune University Feb-2005

Second Class

S.S.C. Pune University Feb-2003 First Class

Behavioral Skills:
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Excellent oral and written communication skills
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Excellent organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills
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Flexibility at work in terms of 24x7 operations
Personal Profile:

Name : Pichad Sachin Maruti

Permanent Address : Room No-19,Shivkrupa Apartment, Thinewadi Road,

Rajgurunagar. Tal-Khed Dist-Pune Maharashtra 410505.

Date of Birth : 27 February 1988

Gender : Male

Nationality : Indian

Languages Known : English, Marathi and Hindi

Declaration

I hereby declare that all the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Date:
Place: Mumbai Sachin M Pichad