amir shahab

* Technical lead for converting infrastructure from VMware 3.5 to VMware 4.0 vSphere environment including Hitachi SAN disk replication. * Principle engineer/project manager/ technical writer on the design for VMware migration, Citrix 4.5 upgrade, VMware Centralized Backup, High Availability implementation, and P2V conversion project.

* Involved in the VMware implementation and expansion work. * Add 80 * hosts bringing total to 120 managed hosts and administered more than 2000 * VMs. * Created and managed separate VMware clusters like QA, Development and Production. * Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity Planner. * VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates

* Installing, configuring and administering Windows2000/2003 servers. * Building the servers as and when new hardware is installed. * Building ESX 3.0 Host and maintain those ESX servers through VI Client. * Installing and Maintaining the VC Server and VC License Server to main ESX Hosts. * Creating VM Sessions on ESX Hosts and building the VM Servers. * Creating and Maintaining the VM Templates. * Clone the servers, converting the clone sessions to Templates and Converting to Templates. * Updating the ESX servers with VMware patches * Worked with Active Directory Configurations. * Administered and setup print servers in Win2000/2003 server.

* Experienced including Installing VMware VSphere 5.1, 5.5 and created virtual machines on ESX 5.1 ,5.5 Servers. Create standard images and deployed servers from the images. * Worked On Central Management Server (VCenter Server) to manage all the ESX hosts in the datacenter. * Strong knowledge of VMware vRealize Operations Management 6. * Experience on installing, configuring, and upgrading support for vRealize Automation & vRealize Orchestrator and Automation tools. * Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates. Working with snapshots of Virtual Machines. * Designed, installed and configured Win 2003, 2008, 2012 servers in Enterprise Environment. * Experience with Hyper v– Virtualization Assessment and Implementation

* Installed and Tested VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 5.1/5.0) for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans using Dell Equallogic 7500 series and EMC mirror view * Tested recovery plans for VM’s protected using VMware SRM. * Calculation of RPO and RTO to implement VMware SRM in the environment. * Implementation if VMware VDP for data protection of Virtual Machines. * Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion, Storage VMotion * Virtualized Windows server Migration using VMware Converter, Platespin Power Convert. * Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter.