RAVI KUMAR GANTA
Unix System Administrator
My Contact
gantaravis@gmail.com
+968 97313187
Muscat, Oman
linkedin.com/in/ravi-kumar-2113671b/
Technical Skills:
Veritas Storage Foundation and Cluster
Server Administration.
Veritas NetBackup Administration.
Sun StorageTek SL8500 Field Service and
Installation
Oracle SPARC M7 Hardware Support Engineer
Solaris 11 Administration.
RedHat Linux Administration
Solaris Containers, Kernel Zones and Oracle
VM Server for SPARC (LDOMs) Installation and
Administration.
Solaris Cluster Installation and Support for
Oracle E-Business Suite and SAP with Oracle
Database.
Oracle ZFS Storage Installation &
Administration.
Oracle VM Manager & Server for x86
environment.
NetApp Storage Installation and
Administration.
EMC VMAX and Power Max Storage
Administration .
About Me
15 years of rich experience in the IT Field. Professional
widely and deeply knowledgeable in aspects of IT
service management, Unix systems Administration,
Storage and SAN administration. Ability to drive,
implement and manage Support of IT Projects to their
timely closure.
Professional Experience
BankDhofar | Unix System administrator
2019 – Present - Muscat, Oman
Key responsibilities:
Participate in and support capacity planning and the development of
projects for UNIX, SAN storage and software in conjunction with end-
users and project managers
Coordinate with the other IT Infrastructure teams, business application
support team, and DBA support team to implement UNIX systems that
utilize industry best practices.
Configuration of LDOMs on SPARC T8-2 servers with SR-IOV Virtual
Functions for Ethernet and Fiber Channel.
Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and
software problems on all UNIX /LINUX & Oracle Solaris systems
Installation and configuration of SUN Cluster 4.3 and Solaris 11.3 Zone
Clusters.
Participate in the procurement process of server hardware, software, SAN
storage and protocols by researching options in the market and
recommending the product(s) that meet the requirements.
Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and
software problems on all UNIX /LINUX & Oracle Solaris systems
Monitor, test, and tune system performance; preserve and provide
system log files as needed.
Storage administration and support of EMC and NetApp, & NAS .
Monitor, test, and tune system performance; preserve and provide
system log files as needed.
Recommend and execute modifications to UNIX/ LINUX & Oracle Solaris
systems in order to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance
Perform UNIX server/database transaction and security audits leading to
identification and mitigation of security threats to enterprise data.
Recommend and implement changes where necessary.
Handling audits and addressing points raised during PCI DSS audit.
Installation and configuration of UNIX servers and SAN storage
components.
·Installation of Oracle RAC & Performance Tuning.
·Creating UNIX shell scripts.

Education Background
Key responsibilities:
Bachelor of Technology
(Computer Science Engineering)
Professional Certifications
Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle
Solaris 11 System Administrator
SUN Certifie SystemAdministrator for
Solaris Os -10 Part1 (310-200)
SUN Certified System Administrator for
Solaris Os -10 Part2 (310-202)
SUN Certified Network Administrator
for Solaris Os -10(310-302)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021
Architect Associate
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Foundations 2021 Associate
Netapp certified storage installation
engineer
Netapp certified support engineer
Netapp certified data administrator
Symantec Certified Veritas Storage
Foundation 5.1 for UNIX
Symantec Certified Veritas Cluster
Server 5 for UNIX
Language Skills
TELUGU
ENGLISH C1 FLUENT
OCSINFOTECH | IT Infrastructure Engineer
2011 – 2019 Muscat, Oman
·Work with customers on data center transformation activities to confirm
and document accordingly existing UNIX and Linux Systems and
workloads, develop Functional Specifications.
Installed and configured Oracle Storage Tek SL8500 at Production and DR
Site.
Liaised with Oracle ACS team to implement various Products ACSLS, Oracle
Super Cluster and Oracle Exadata.
Provide technical support for UNIX related project activities.
System troubleshooting and hardware maintenance by opening service
requests with Sun.
Design, architect, implement & support Oracle Systems, Storage and Tape
Libraries
Configuration of Virtualization on Solaris Operating System using Solaris
Containers and OVM Server for SPARC.
Installation & Configuration of High Availability software using Oracle
Solaris Cluster and Veritas Cluster Software on Sun/Oracle Servers.
Provide Oracle Solaris and Red Hat Linux Operating System Support.
Installed/Configured/Implemented NetApp storage systems.
Perform Fiber Channel SAN switch zoning on Brocade & Cisco MDS
switches.
Provide NetApp Storage Systems and Oracle ZFS storage systems Support.
Writing end user Technical Documentation for end customers.
Co-ordinate with Pre-Sales and Sales personnel and assist with technical
/ architectural design of infrastructure hardware / software components.
Proficient with user account maintenance, backup & recovery, Auto-
mounting, License Management and Printer configuration.
Have been and willing to work in flexible hours for production and Backup
support.
Experience supporting 7x24 production computing environments,
experience in providing on-call and weekend support.
Oman Telecommunications | Systems Engineer
2007 – 2010 Muscat, Oman
Key responsibilities:
Administration of UNIX systems and software packages, including
hardware and software upgrade/patch evaluation and installation, and
failover support.
Installing, upgrading, and configuring SUN Solaris 8, 9, 10 and 11 on Sun
Servers Using Jumpstart Servers and Interactive Installation.
Coordination of weekly scheduled downtimes for equipment
maintenance with Production systems.
Installing, configuring, and maintaining VERITAS Volume Manager, VERITAS
Net backup, VERITAS Cluster server and Sun-Cluster server.
Designed/Developed/Implemented/Scheduled the backup using VERITAS
NetBackup 6.5.
Creation, assigning gateway for two different networks, host name
resolution, changing IP address.
Maintenance and troubleshooting of NFS Network File System.
Troubleshooting of the system boot errors, installation errors and related
to the TCP/IP problems
Worked closely with database administration staff to ensure optimal
performance of databases and maintain development applications and
databases.
Tuning the kernel parameters based on the application/database
requirement.
Monitoring system resources, logs, disk usage, scheduling backups and
restore.
Set up Quotas for the user accounts limiting the disk space usage.
Administration and support of Sun storage 6140 and Storage replication.
Provide support and maintenance for all SUN Hardware.
Shell scripting.