Guruprasad M

: +91-7995649814
: Guruprasad.manukonda@gmail.com

A versatile, high-energy technocrat with expertise in understanding operational & frontline nature of the job and
prioritizing various tasks & deliverables as required by customers & management

PROFILE SUMMARY

 A result oriented professional with 5+ years of experience on EMC Storage Administration

 Supported enterprise Storage Area Networks in critical and live Datacenter environment
 Gained significant experience in Storage Environment, exclusively in EMC Symmetrix (DMX4 & VMAX40K,
VNX); well versed with Cisco/Brocade/McData Switches
 Expertise in switch port allocations, new server storage allocations, new servers base lining as per EMC
recommendations, pre-migration tasks, etc.
 Replicating the production data to DR sites using SRDF/Async and sync from Symmetrix DMX-4 to DMX-4, V-
Max to V-Max using SymCLI
 Implemented NAS gateway solutions with DMX and VMAX storage backend (Provision storage)
 Experienced in creating timefinder/clones, mirror devices on DMX-4 storage
 Involved in Configuration of Fibre Channel over IP(FCIP) interconnection between MDS 9513 to MDS 9513
switches for data replication.
 Managing and Up-grading the MDS switches firmware from older code to latest
 An effective communicator with sound planning, people management, analytical and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL FORTE

• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX

Networking: SAN and NAS Management using Cisco, Brocade, McData
Director/Departmental Switches
• Programming: C/C++, Core JAVA
• Hardware: EMC DMX3/4, VMAX 20K/40K, VNX 5300/5700/7500, Celerra, Clariion,
• EMC utilities: Solution Enabler, SPA, ECC, DCNM, DCFM, SRDF,

Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Manger

 SAN Fabrics: CISCO MDS-9513 & 9509, 9148, BROCADE 48000, 3800/3900, 4016,
4100, 5100, McDATA ED-64M, DS24M2, DS32M2

EDUCATION

 Master of Computer Applications (Information and Communication Engineering), Anna University, Chennai.

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sep’15 - till date with DXC, Hyderabad as Storage Admin

(Technologies: EMC Clariion, DMX3/DMX4, VMAX20K & VMAX40K, VNX5500/5700/5300, Vnx, Celerra, Centera,
Tools: SRDF, Cisco, Brocade, McData, DCNM, DCFM).

Experience# 01

Key Result Areas:

 Experience in administrating, maintaining and troubleshooting EMC Symmetrix DMX3/4 and Vmax, VNX,
Clariion arrays connected to several Windows and Linux servers
 Providing support to complex customer environment that demands 24/7 high availability
 Participate in functional and technical Operational team meetings
 Diagnosed and resolved complex problems involving Servers, SAN and NAS Storage.
 Implemented NAS gateway solutions with DMX and VMAX storage backend (Provision storage).
 Storage array migrations and Fabric migrations.
 Storage allocation, reclaim and decommissioning for VNX-File, VNX-Block, DMX and VMAX arrays.
 Planned, scheduled, and implemented SAN storage infrastructure upgrades.
  SAN administration tasks including LUN allocation, LUN expansion, storage decommissioning health
checks, Thin provisioning, Zoning, Capacity planning, Filesystem and share creation (CIFS, NFS),
filesystem extension.
 Administering EMC Celerra gateway models (Increasing existing filesystem size , creating new filesystem)
 Support around 300 Terabytes of NAS (NFS/CIFS) and 2 Petabytes SAN storage.
 Cisco 9500 Series Enterprise Directors (9513/9509), Departmental Switches (9200 series,9100 series)
 Strong experience with management tools includes Cisco DCNM and SymCLI.
 Storage allocation to new build and existing UNIX, Windows servers/clusters environment using auto
provisioning on V-max using SYMCLI.
 Tasks include creation of Tdevs, binding Tdevs to thin pools, creation of initiator/storage/port groups and
creating masking view.
 Storage Provisioning for Clariion (Allocation and Reclaim)
 Recovering space from unused LUN as per the requirement from Clients
 Created and Configured RAID Groups, Storage Groups, Binding Luns, Resizing, Unbinding Luns through
Navisphere Manager
 Interacting with team members across different geographical locations in analyzing the issues & bringing it
to closure in short time.
 Responsible for creating process related documents i.e. Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Utilization Report
and Weekly Status Report (WSR)

Highlights:
 Distinction of providing support to various regions including North America & EMEA

Dec’12 – Sep’15 with HCL, Noida as Sr. Engineer Storage

(Technologies: EMC DMX3/DMX4, VMAX20K & VMAX40K; Tools: Cisco, ECC & DCNM, SRDF)

Experience# 02

Key Result Areas:

 Functioning as a part of Storage Team to support & assist IT division and users on daily basis; accountable for
administration/implementation of Storage SAN Support
 Performing day to day jobs including provisioning, monitoring & reporting using Symmetrix Performance
Analyzer of the Data Center Environment
 Administering health reports periodically for the entire SAN/Storage environments
 Carrying out auto provisioning for VMAX by creating storage groups, initiator groups, port groups & masking
views using SymCLI
 Accountable for implementing Virtual Provisioning on V-MAX, DMX by creating data devices, thin pools & thin
devices using SYMCLI
 Experience in creating timefinder/clones, mirror devices on DMX-4 storage
 Supported around 1 petabytes of NAS (NFS/CIFS) and 40 Petabytes SAN storage
 Involved in Configuration of Fibre Channel over IP(FCIP) interconnection between MDS 9513 to MDS 9513
switches for data replication.
 Replicating the production data to DR sites using SRDF/sync and Asynchronus from Symmetrix DMX-4 to DMX-
4, V-Max to V-Max using SymCLI.
 Storage Provisioning for Clariion (Allocation and Reclaim)
 Gathering EMC grab reports, SP collects and other utility reports.
 Registering the host HBA with the Clariion SP in Navisphere
 Recovering space from unused LUN as per the requirement from Clients
 Created and Configured RAID Groups, Storage Groups, Binding Luns, Resizing, Unbinding Luns through
Navisphere Manager
 Managing and Up-grading the MDS switches firmware from older code to latest
 Resolved link down tickets, HBA issues, SFP issues, disk failures and other hardware failures.
 Troubleshooting routine critical issues including server throughput, ports availability, zoning requirements,
one-path down, enabling the path on source or destination arrays, data not migrated and host not seeing storage
 Good work Exposure in ISL, Trunking and Port-channel in Cisco MDS Series Switches
 Participating in weekly meetings as per business requirements
 Liaising with vendor (EMC) for hardware replacements

As a Build/Implementation Team Member:

 Initial Configuration like Cabling (Direct and Daisy) between System and Storage Bay
 Hardware replacement like Disk, Director (FA & DA), Adaptor (FA and DA), Memory Board, LCC and PS and SPS,
UPS and SP using SymmWin
 Performing Health and environmental check using SymmWin
 Enabling Access Gateway of DELL and HP servers for Brocade switches
 Rack and stack new hardware.
 Performed Fabric management such as creating zones and zonesets using Cisco CLI
 FC cables lay between VMAX/DMX to Cisco Core Switches (9513)
 Oversaw the maintenance of Scratch Tape Reports
 Involved in Internal and External UAT
 Analyzed and documented datacenter environment with Number of frames, host on each frame, storage allocated
to each host which helps in planning and designing newer installs.
 Installation and Initial Configuration of Cisco MDS 9513 & 9148
 Installation of Firmware & License details on all core & edge san switches
 Setting up redundant FC SAN Fabrics using Cisco MDS Directors/Switches and implementing VSANs
 Configuring Cisco MDS 9513 and MDS 9148 in ISL mode
 Formulating host remediation report using EMC Host Environment Analysis Tool (HEAT), EMC E-lab Navigator
and Grab Analysis reports

Highlights:
 Actively functioned as part of pre-migration activity, where involved in running EMC grabs on the servers &
uploaded them on the HEAT site to check if any updates are to be made on the server that has to be migrated
 Successfully examined the EMC recommended updates to be done on required managed objects using the E-
LAB Navigator