Ankit Pravinbhai Rupareliya

Ak.rupareliya@gmail.com
+1(415)-610-9392
Summary
 SAN/NAS solutions engineer with more than 9 years of IT Expertise, including storage sub system,
provisioning, monitoring, and consolidation and reporting of Enterprise Storage.
 Extensive experience on NAS platforms such as Isilon (S, X, HD, NL nodes), NetApp, (FAS 32XX,
68XX and earlier models), UNITY, VNXe, VNX and earlier generations.
 Extensive Expertise on Design and Architect of Open system disaster recovery processes and set
up.
 Expertise in deployment, implementation, architecting, Provisioning, Tiering, FASTVP, SRDF
(Synchronous, Asynchronous, DSE, Metro)/VP snap /SnapVX/BCV/clone) on respective platforms,
VMAX20k/VMAX100k/VAMX850F.
 Expertise in deployment of FAST CACHE, STORGAE TIERING, Snapshots, MirrorView
RecoverPoint on VNX5600/VNX5300/UNITY.
 Implementation of RecoverPoint and perform Disaster Recovery on VMAX/VNX/Unity using RP
 Expertise in integrating ESX Vsphere Site Recovery Manager(SRM) with RecoverPoint.
 Expertise in storage virtualization using VPLEX and replication using RecoverPoint with
VNX/VMAX/VPLEX/XtremIO
 Expertise in integrating VMware with different storage arrays.
 AWS Solution Architect. Experience with AWS (Storage, Application Services, Deployment and
Management) and managed servers on AWS platform instances using Puppet, chef configuration
management.
 Expert level knowledge of Amazon EC2, S3, Simple DB, RDS, Elastic Load Balancing, SQS and
other services in the AWS infrastuture
 Architect and deploy Symantec public/private cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS) across Amazon
Web Services
 Expertise in Developing patching, cloning and backup strategy for applications on Amazon EC2
Cloud
 Migrating complex, multi-tier applications on AWS
 Expertise in providing a comprehensive strategy using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Role for community platform systems and successfully implemented the same setting precedence
for other teams to follow suit.
 Expertise in software defined Data Centre products like EMC VIPR controller, VMWARE VSAN,
EMC SRM, workload analyzer, access Logix, SnapView.
 Expertise in migration technologies such as LVM, VERITAS MIRRORING, Open Replicator, Non-
disruptive migration (NDM) to VMAX3, PowerPath migration enabler, Hitachi external storage,
VPLEX, IBM SVC
 Performing Daily health check to monitor the usage of LUN, Aggregate and volume utilization
 Expertise in Brocade and CISCO san switches
 Implementing and monitoring UCS blades
 Setting up VLAN, fabric interconnect and UCS blades in VMware
 Create virtual LAN for iSCSI, data and host applications in VMware
 Implement and create Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
 Expertise in VNX FILE /ISILON and NetApp
 Setting up Unix Systems Authentication, Authorization and Audit by using Centrify Enterprise Suite
 Setting up smart zones, smart DNS, SNAPSHOTIQ, SYNQ IQ, SMARTLOCKS etc. on Isilon
 Setting up and troubleshooting NFS, and SAN (FC and ISCSI) Environment.
 Expertise in migration from VNX, NetApp to Isilon

Education
 MS (Electrical Engineering)
 Ankit Pravinbhai Rupareliya
Ak.rupareliya@gmail.com
+1(415)-610-9392
Professional Experience

Regeneron, NY Jan 2017 to Present

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:
 Designing and deploying dynamically scalable, highly available, fault tolerant and reliable
applications on AWS
 Involved in designing and developing Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic load balancing and
other services of the AWS infrastructure
 Creating file gateway, volume gateway, tape gateway on AWS
 Selecting appropriate AWS services to design and deploy an application based on given
requirements
 Migrating complex, multi-tier applications on AWS
 Designing and deploying enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS
 Identifying appropriate use of AWS architectural best practices
 Implemented 2PB capacity Isilon storage
 Implemented vRPA and setting up replication using recover point for VMware
 Setting up networking on VMware like VLANs, Fabric Interconnect and UCS blades
 Creating new hosts on VMware
 Created Virtual Desktop Infrastructure over VMware
 Adding nodes/Smartfail nodes
 Configured Authentication Provider.
 Create SMB shares and NFS exports.
 Create users and user groups, assign permissions to user groups on shares and exports.
 Performed day to day maintenance activity of cluster.
 Multiprotocol Troubleshooting.
 Create snapshots schedules and Replication process between primary cluster and DR cluster using
SyncIQ
 Adding patches.
 Planning and recovering NDMP backup and recovering.
 Configured and managed SmartQuotas, smart pools

Munich Re Jan 13 to Nov

16
SAN Architect

Responsibilities:
 Designed, implemented server/storage consolidation
 Designed the process of data and server migration
 Worked with various operations team during the design phase to deploy new storage hardware and
software and provide knowledge transfer
 Architected VMAX/VNX, UNITY and VPLEX, XtremIO, ViPR controller and Isilon
 Implemented Recover point and perform Disaster Recovery on different storage arrays
 Integrated ESX Vsphere Site Recovery Manager(SRM) with RecoverPoint to manage the splits and
sync of the luns on the VNX
 Architected deployment of virtual systems, integration of network switches, blades, storage
 Worked on windows server 2008 R2, 2012.
 Implemented Unix/Linux Commands to perform various tasks.
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 Implemented VMAX3 Hybrid and flash, SnapVX, SRDF Metro and Non-disruptive migration(NDM)
 Architected VMAX Fast deployments
 Implemented software defined storage using EMC ViPR controller.
 Implemented VMAX, VNX, and Isilon Centera ECS cloud array.
 Provided integration and extension of VMAX3’s SLO provisioning planned across every storage
level from flash to the cloud.
 Integrated VMAX.VNX, Vblock, VPLEX and RecoverPoint with ViPR controller
 Created virtual pool for storage, provision storage for ESX, AIX
 Provided storage as a service using ViPR Controller.
 Deploy vRPA, write splitters on VMware hosts and setting up replication
 Provided complete storage reporting using ViPR SRM.
 Created multiple reports using ViPR SRM.
 Architected and implemented EMC XtremIO.
 Architected and implemented VNX file and Isilon
 Implemented a large Isilon cluster for various workloads
 Implemented smart pools, De-Dup, SmartQuota
 Implemented snapshot IQ and insight IQ
 Implemented smart flash in the Isilon cluster
 Implemented S, X, NL and HD nodes
 Implemented Centrify version 5.1.1 and up, CAC card AD authentication
 Performed file sharing or read/write operation over a LAN using CIFS/SMB protocol on a Windows
and Unix/Linux server.
 Architected converged system like Vblock and hellion cloud system, or FlexPod
 Installed and configured NetApp CDOT Filers, /NFS, Snapshots, SnapMirror or checkpoint
replication
 Implemented administration commands on OneFS operating system.
 Migrated from VNX, NetApp to Isilon.
 Brocade DCX deployments and MDS
 Configured SnapMirror/SnapVault/SnapProtect in N-series filers
 Configured cluster mode filers, migrated from 7mode to cluster mode.
 Designed SAN fabrics and deployed core-edge technologies
 Upgraded cisco MDS san environment with new code, NX OS upgrades
 Configured VSAN, configuring NPV/NPIV.
 Architected and rolled out Oracle RAC stretched cluster using VPLEX METRO with witness
 Architected VMware stretch cluster using VPLEX METRO and witness
 Deployed VPLEX campus solution with replication using recover point
 Architected and integrated RecoverPoint with VPLEX metro
 SAN design for the VPLEX, RecoverPoint deployments
 FCIP, IVR Virtual fabric, SAN consolidation, SAN Management using brocade network advisor, SAN
migration
 Architected and deployed Isilon environment, data migration from NetApp and CX to Isilon

Norfolk Southern Jun 09 to Nov 12

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:
 Implemented and Administered SAN/storage environment on VNX/VMAX
 Implemented and administered NAS device deployments and virtualization
 Consolidated SAN, Servers, Databases.
 Implemented disaster recovery solutions.
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+1(415)-610-9392
 Responsible for capacity planning and administration of SAN environment for Boeing which contain
data on EMC Symmetrix VMAX2/VMAX3, VNX/VNX2/ISILON, NETAPP, HPXP etc. storage array
connected to Windows and VMware servers.
 Storage provisioning on VNX, NetApp, Isilon, VMAX, HPXP, Hitachi
 Created storage groups, initiator registration, bind LUNs
 Created hyper’ s, Meta device, BCV, BCV Meta, SNAP VDEV, thin VDEV, RDF device, allocation,
masking on DMX.
 Created LDEVs, LUSE, host groups, LUN security on TagmaStore
 Configured zoning, masking, Mapping host to the storage array and troubleshooting any connectivity
issues.
 Installed and configured HiCommand device Manger, TSM
 Planned, Implemented server/Storage/NAS Consolidation /Migration.

 Thin provisioning, FAST, FAST CACHE AND FAST VP implementation on VNX/VMAX

 Data migration from DMX to VMAX using Open Replicator, Open Migrator
 MirrorView/SnapView configuration on VNX
 SRDF, Snapshot, FAST VP configuration on
 Installed and configured NS 960, VNX, NetApp filers.
 Data migration from older NAS to newer NAS
 Architected, implemented and administered server and SAN /storage environment
 Designed and implemented server and storage consolidation
 Designed, implemented server/storage consolidation
 Designed the process of data and server migration
 Installed and configured Cisco MDS san switches and configuring IVR
 Installed and configured NetApp CDOT Filers, /NFS, Snapshots, SnapMirror or checkpoint.
replication
 Designed SVC, XIV and NetApp, DCX deployments
 Designed in implemented IBM v7000 environment
 Migrated data from IBM DS 8700, DS4XXX to XIV
 Designed FCIP connectivity
 Configured SnapMirror/SnapVault/snap protect in N series filers
 Configured cluster mode filers, migrated from 7mode
 Designed the SAN, failover, dual path, disaster recovery, as well as Business Continuance
 Documentation and knowledge transfer for disk allocation, zoning, file system creation on Solaris,
HPUX, AIX, and VMware to the customer.
 Installation and configuration of snap, SnapView, MirrorView
 NDMP backups
 Performance analysis of VMAX/VNX storage array.
 Storage device management, with ECC.
 Installed TimeFinder, SRDF, for Disaster recovery.
 Wrote scripts for TimeFinder, SRDF operations using SYMCLI.
 Installed Brocade director level Switches. Installing SAS based splitters.
 Architected RecoverPoint appliance CRR and CLR.
 Installed and configured RecoverPoint for Data replication and data migration.
 Monitored performance of switches.
 Created disaster recovery schemes, and tapes.
 Data migration using different methods such as Open Replicator, SAN Copy, Tiered storage.
 Migrated from McData to Brocade switches.
 Monitored and Troubleshoot TCP/IP LAN/WAN Problems.
 Two domains, production and development domain.
 Installed and configured Automatic backup using Veritas NetBackup
 Ankit Pravinbhai Rupareliya
Ak.rupareliya@gmail.com
+1(415)-610-9392
Environment: EMC VMAX, VNX, NetApp, Isilon, SYMCLI, SRDF, PowerPath, Navisphere 6x, Unisphere,
EMC Open Replicator, TimeFinder clones, SRDF, HPXP, HP EVA 8000, EVA 4000, Hitachi USP
TagmaStore, SYMCLI Storage Navigator, HiCommand device manager, Hitachi tiered storage manager,
Replication Manager, SnapView, MirrorView, Veritas NetBackup, Fabric manager, Brocade and Cisco

SAIC, NY Apr 07 to Mar 09

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:
 Implemented and Administered SAN /storage environment.
 Consolidated SAN, Servers, Databases.
 Implemented disaster recovery solutions.
 Planned, Implemented server/storage Consolidation /Migration.
 Designed the SAN, failover, dual path, disaster recovery, as well as Business Continuance

 Documentation and knowledge transfer for disk allocation, zoning, file system creation on Solaris,
HPUX, AIX, to the customer.
 Installed ECC, PowerPath, and Navisphere suite.
 Designed, installed, configured VMware ESX (3.5), ESXi, and vSphere 4 environments with
VirtualCenter management, Lab Manager, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA.
 Built, configured and deployed VMs and templates.
 Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-
 Installed and configured snap, SnapView, MirrorView.
 Performance tuning of SYMM, DMX, cx storage array.
 Installed and configured Sun StorageTek 9990v,6540,6920/Hitachi/HPXP storage array
 Configured sun disaster recovery replication software (universal replicator).
 Storage device management, with ECC.
 Installed EMC CX960, NFS
 Installed and configured File system virtualization using Acopia switches
 Installed and configured Policy based file system archiving.
 Installed of TimeFinder, SRDF, for Disaster recovery.
 Wrote scripts for TimeFinder, SRDF operations using SYMCLI.
 Installed McData, Brocade director level switches.
 Monitored performance of switches.
 Created disaster recovery schemes, and tapes.
 Data migration using different methods such as CPIO, SRDF, Veritas Volume manager.
 Installed Fiber adapters, installation of Fiber switches, Zoning.
 Monitored and Troubleshoot TCP/IP LAN/WAN Problems.
 Two domains, production and development domain.
 Installation and configuration of Automatic backup using Veritas NetBackup.
Hardware: Sun E10k, E6500, E6000, E5000, HP V class Servers, Superdome servers Dell NT Servers, IBM
RS 6000, AS/390, Symmetrix, Storage TEK 6540,6920,9990v, CLARiiON, CX 300, 500, 700 Brocade,
McData Switches
Software: HP UX 10.2/11.0, Solaris 10, Linux Rh 6.x/7.x, Veritas Volume Manager, HDS 9980, TimeFinder,
SRDF, ESN 2.x, DS-M connect, Fiber zone bridge, SAN Copy, Volume Logix, SYMCLI, Widesky solution
Enabler