BABULAL BABARIA

UNIX Systems Administrator

Objective:
A creative, versatile and committed professional seeking a position, to provide your organization with
the best possible systems administration and support services.

Summary:

 Over 9+ years in the field of technology industry as Systems Administrator/Consultant.

 Extensive expertise in IBM AIX 5L v7.1/6.1/5.3/5.2/5.1/4.3.3, HACMP v4.5/5.2/5.3 Power HA
6.1/7.1, VIO Server v1.3/2.1/2.2, Hardware Management Console, IVM and its associated tools.
 Experience in AIX Operating System including File Systems, Processes, Performance tuning
and troubleshooting.
 Experience in Installing RHEL5 using Kickstart servers and using PXE boot.
 Installing YUM Server & Client, Installing (Kickstart Installation) and configuring of Linux (Red
Hat EL 4 , 5 , 6 and 7)
 Excessive experience in VMAX migration from VSCSI to NPIV.
 Administration and 24/7 support of IBM pSeries Servers like p8 (850) p7 (p770/p780/p795), p6
(p630/p650/p690), p5 (p570/p590/p595) and p4.
 Experience in PowerVM of all virtualization services like Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA),VLAN,
VLAN tagging, IVE, NPIV (N_port ID virtualization) configuration, virtual SCSI services to multiple
VIO servers/client partitions.
 Experience in VIO/LPAR/DLPAR technology for installing partitions through NIM and Managing
partitions through HMC Console.
 Experience in HACMP v5.5, PowerHA environment including planning and installation of clustered
environment, creating Resource group, configuration and support.
 Experience in Installation, Configuration and Managing GPFS Clusters and GPFS Cluster file
system.
 Experience in maintaining SDD/SDDPCM/PowerPath in IBM pSeries Systems for IBM and EMC
storage systems.
 Extensive experience in network management TCP/IP, NIS, DNS, NFS and VLAN.
 Experience in TSM includes client installation, configuration and verification of incremental/full
backup.
 Experience working on ticketing system such as Remedy, IBM Clear Quest and Manage Now.
 Problem solving, Troubleshooting and Performance tuning skills.
 Excellent User Interaction and Good Communication Skills.

Professional Experience:
Client : Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Florham Park, NJ July 2014 - Current
Role : Sr. UNIX/AIX Systems Administration

Responsibilities:
 Currently supporting environment with more than 1000+ AIX/Linux Servers with current client
account.
 Responsible for installation, configuration, upgrade, troubleshooting and maintenance of AIX
5.3/6.1/7.1 and VIOC, RHEL v4/v5/v6/v7. VIOS 1.3/2.1/2.2.3.4 and VIOS/Systems Firmware
upgrade on pSeries systems.

 Installation, configuration and maintenance of AIX Operating System with Server Virtualization and
Micro partitioning.
 Disk subsystem configuration, File systems and logical volume planning and configuration.
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 Monthly security patching including TL/SP update, OS upgrade on AIX and regular patching on
RHEL.

 Worked on configuring and maintaining Virtualization infrastructure on VMware ESXi

and Virtual center deployment.
 HACMP 5.4/Power HA system mirror 6.1 and 7.1installation/upgrade, configuration and
maintenance with regular fail over, fall back testing.

 Update of system firmware /HMC version, adapter, disk macrocodes with regular MDS service.

 Installing and upgrading SDDPCM/Power path software for fiber channel storage mgt with full
understanding of IBM and EMC storage.

 Mapping the vscsi drives between VIO server and clients and Creating Shared Ethernet Adapter
(SEA) on VIO server for different VLANs.

 LPAR migration with Live partition Mobility.

 Managing CRON jobs, batch processing and job scheduling with k shell and Perl scripting.

 NIM backups, performance monitoring, capturing periodic application and system report and
various other automation tasks.

 Installation, upgrades & configuration of TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER (Server, Client and storage
agents) running on multiple platforms on AIX and Linux.

 Setting up and supporting remote printer queues on production and development servers.

 Providing supports for Application/DB environment for their change tasks.

 TCP/IP Configuration like assigning IP addresses, configuring network interfaces, assigning static
routes, host names etc.

 Network troubleshooting with tcpdump and ip trace.

 Installing and configuring tools like Tivoli ITM Monitoring, Tivoli TDPO Oracle monitoring, Samba,
Sudo.

 Using Remedy and Service now tools for ticketing systems.

 Provide 24*7 production supports for sev1/sev2 issues and performing weekend changes during
tech window.

Client : IBM, Saint Louis, MO March 2012 - June 2014

Role : Sr. UNIX Systems Administration

Responsibilities:
 24/7 support, Unix OS installation/Migration/Cloning, System support and Administration.
 Creation and configuration of Logical Partitions LPARs VIOC and VIOS using Hardware
Management Console (HMC).
 Experience of system administration on AIX v5.3/6.1/7.1.
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 Design, Implement, and maintain multiple p770, p780, p795, p570, p550, p595, servers using
HMC (Hardware Management Console).
 Configuring and administration of NIM server and NIM client.
 IBM AIX system administration, Knowledge on Upgrades, Migrate.
 Building and administrating VIO server and LPAR clients.
 Migrating EMC storage to IBM storage and HITACHI to IBM storage.
 Install, configure and upgrade SDD/SDDPCM/PowerPath for IBM and EMC Storage Systems
 Upgrading firmware, installing and removing software.
 Adding and configuring various devices to the System.
 Perform tuning and capacity planning tasks to maintain optimal system performance and
availability.
 Designing and managing disk space using AIX Logical Volume Management (LVM). Creating
vg and lv extend vg, lv, mirroring vg.
 User administration, Creating users, groups, modification, removing, checking and changing
user parameters.
 Installed and Configured POWER HA/ HACMP clusters in test environments.
 Performed Power HA/HACMP failover and failback.
 Installation, Configuration Administration of GPFS on AIX 6.1 and GPFS Cluster file system
configuration.
 Install, configure, and maintain HMC and apply latest fixes or upgrade HMC code.
 Filesystems Backup and Restore using TSM/HSM backup.
 Monitored performance on all UNIX/Linux based system using various performance monitoring
tools, such as IBM NMON, TOPAS, BMC Patrol and etc.
 Taking regular system backup using mksysb and volume group backups using savevg, backup
in file system and files.

Client : UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA March 2009 – Feb 2012

Role : Systems Administration

Responsibilities:
 Unix Administration Providing 24x7 on call helpdesk support.
 Experience in AIX 5L v6.1/5.3/5.2/5.1 includes new system planning, customer support, system
related problem determination and resolutions.
 Experience in creation of LPAR/DLPAR, micro-partitioning and installation of AIX through NIM
server and managing partitions using HMC
 Managed IBM p5 Systems like 550 and 570 with running AIX 5.3 O/S
 Monitoring a variety of systems UNIX, AIX and Solaris for disk space usage, memory usage, CPU
usage and service functionality.
 AIX Servers Installation/upgrade and maintenance on different hardware.
 Installation and maintenance of Redhat Linux on intel platform
 Building VIO server and VIO clients according to the requirement.
 Setting up/Configuring VLAN and AIX installation using NIM.
 Installation and Configuration of Linux on standalone machine.
 Worked with SAN Administrator for activity like upgrading PowerPath, assigning disks from EMC
Symmetric to AIX Systems and creating file systems on top of those disks
 Using pcmpath/Powerpath to manage allocated SAN disks.
 Using HMC to manage LPARs.
 Backup, System Recovery, Security and Performance Tuning.
 Establishes network users, user environments, directories, and security for networks being
installed.
 Responsible to resolve problem tickets.
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 Documentation of necessary changes to fixes common problems to provide resources to keep

system current.

Client : Stryker Ortho, NJ Feb 2007 – Feb 2009

Role : AIX System Administrator

Responsibilities:
 Providing 24x7 On-call Support on a weekly rotation basis to ensure availability of Servers
 Installation/Migration, Configuration and Administration of AIX v4.3.3/5.1/5.2/5.3
 Installation/Migration, Standard/ Extended Configuration of HACMP v4.4.1/5.1/5.2 (High Availability
Clustering Multi-Processing) and Post Implementation Tasks including Testing/Verification and
synchronizing cluster
 Managing Aliases, Managing Zones and Managing Configuration.
 Installation and Configuration of AIX 5.2 according to Server Building Plan on p670/p630 system
through NIM.
 AIX Servers Installation/upgrade and maintenance on different hardwares.
 Implementing and Managing LPAR/DLPAR on AIX through HMC
 Sudo access, Unix User Security Administration.
 Vi editor experience to modify UNIX files.
 Up gradation of production systems by Installing PTF (Program Temporary Fix) and APAR
(Authorized Program Analysis Report) whenever required and necessary with minimum down time.
 To ensure audit accountability for each and every user in production environment.
 Documenting necessary changes and Configuration of System and keep it current.
 Managing System Resources like File System, Disk space, Volume Groups, Logical Volumes and
Physical Volumes
 Scheduling Daily Incremental and weekly Full Backup using Crontab
 Supporting and automating various tasks using Shell scripts.

Skills and Other Details:

AIX v4.3.3/5.3/5.2/5.1/6.1/7.1, RedHat LINUX v4/5/6/7, Windows
Operating Systems
v2000/2003/2008
AIX Tools LPAR/DLPAR, HMC, VIO
Hardware IBM p8 850,p7(720/750/770/780/795), p6(650/680), p5(520/550/570)
Storage Systems IBM Store wise, EMC DMX1000/DMX2000/DMX4, EMC Celerra
Applications TSM, PeopleSoft, WebSphere, SAP, MQ, Patrol,
Database DB2, SQL Server 7.0, 2000, Oracle v8i/9i/10i/11i
Programming Shell Script
Education Bachelor of Science
References Available on Request