Leo Novak

VMware Admin

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Over 8+ years of experience in IT

Industry as a system administrator specialized in the areas of
VMware Virtualization.

Experience in Virtualization technologies

like installing, configuring VMware vSphere. Creation, management,
administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.

Experience in P2V MIGRATION using

VMware Converter, storage migration using EMC POWERPATH.

Experience in Networking configuration &

Security Configuration on ESXi Host.

Experience with VMware HorizonView

(VDI) 5.0 and 5.1 Versions.

Well experienced in Creating Templates,

VDI Pool creations, VDI Provisioning, VM priorities, Roles and permissions,
Resource pools, VM Cloning and Knowledge of Snapshots.

Hands on experience in using the vSphere

Features like vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, DRS, Fault Tolerance
(FT), DPM and other products from VMware VSphere.

Experience in Windows 2008/2003 Servers

at single or multi domain platforms.

Well versed in PowerShell and PowerCLI.

Strong knowledge with Active Directory,

GPO, DHCP, DNS, IP, Subnet, VPNs, vLAN, Network routing, firewalls,
Backup & Recovery, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP and
Terminal Server.

Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open

Office, Visio, Outlook, Printing, and Windows networking.

Experience with x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM &

Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop
and other peripherals.

Strong communication and people skills,

both written and verbal. Able to assess and resolve client issues quickly.
A proven record of reliability, the ability to perform under time
constraints, and good judgment under pressure.

Ability to maintain a reliable and

methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner,
highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical
skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMware:

VMware vSphere suite 4.1/5.0/5.1 and 5.5, ESXi 4.1/5.0 and

5.5, VMware HorizonView 5.0/5.1, VMware Converter, HA,
DRS, DPM, VCB, VMware Workstation.

Microsoft Technologies:
Windows Server 2003/2008/2012-Active Directory
services, DNS, DHCP, WINS, IIS, FTP, LDAP, TCP/IP Networking,
RDP, Terminal services, MS Exchange 2007, Microsoft
clustering, Virtual PC.
Hardware:

DELL Power Edge Servers and Dell EqualLogic, HP, HP ProLiant

DL 380G5, DL 580G5/G7, EMC iSCSI, FC, SAN, NAS.

Operating System:

CentOS Linux, SUSE, Fedora, MAC OS X, Windows XP/Vista/Win

7, Windows 2003 / 2008/ 2012.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

Bachelor in Computer Science

MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CVS Health - Milford, OH
June 2016 Till Current
Role: IT Consultant | (Special Tasks) + 70 hours activities per week
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Exposure to gigantic environment: +9 vCenters, +200 sites, +1200 Hosts, +20000

VMs.
Acted as head of team, assigned and coordinated tasks between team members, held
meetings with storage-team and other teams in project.
Worked along with storage team to provide all required analysis and information of all
servers in migration scope.
Ran grabs on standalone servers and ESX hosts using EMC POWERPATH to provide
thorough details.
Created standalone Migration-sheet for + 350 servers by gathering Pseudo names,
Logical Device ID using EMC POWERPATH Commands.
Over-night long tasks throughout 4 months to create and sync handles to successfully
migrate 21 TBs of disks from old storages to new ones without single outage incident.
Created Migration-sheets for +400 ESX and Mapping-sheets for +1000 VMs by
gathering WWNs, data-stores and sizes. Inspecting LUNs for zombie VMs or logs or any
other data.
Successfully migrated +30 TBs of VMs, ISO and other files from old LUNs to new ones
(HOT & COLD & ADVANCED).
Helped Storage team to reclaim over 50 TBs of storage by thoroughly inspecting disks
and LUNs and creating accurate reclaim-sheets to ensure no outage in reclaiming
process.

 Preformed basic tasks such as: building VMs (Windows Cluster, RDM and deploying
OVAs, Cloning, Snapshots, Providing L3, troubleshooting vLANs and servers outages.
Scanned and remediated Windows 2008/2012 vulnerabilities using BMC Blade-Logic
and manually before send serves for Qualys and MSB scans.
Utilized VMware Capacity Planner and Configured DR using Zerto.

Environment: Vcenter 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 6.0, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, CentOS
BMC Blade-Logic, EMC Power-Path, HP ProLiant Gen7,8,9, Symmetrix VMAX, VNX.

Linux

Accenture - Chicago, IL
Jan 2014 March 2016
Role: VMware Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Installation and configuration of ESX servers.

Server migration physical to virtual using hot and cold cloning technology in
VMware.
Performed physical to virtual (P2V) migrations for approximately 500 physical
servers utilizing VMware Converter
Configuring High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
Creation of template.
Installed Management Server (VCenter Server) instance to enable centralized
management of multiple hosts
Worked on Central Management Server (VCenter Server) to manage all the
EXS hosts in the datacenter
Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter
Patch management using VMware update manager for ESX server.
Performed tons of V2V Migration.
Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines.
Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches.
Configured the IPV4 properties, IP settings, DNS configuration and WINS
configuration.
Responsible for deploying, managing, and maintaining HP Proliant BL-series Cclass blade servers and DL-series servers
Reconfigured the vCPU and the Memory setting of the virtual machines after
the P2V migration
Uninstalled the hardware specific drivers from the virtual machines after the
P2V migration

Environment: VMware ESXi 5.1/5.0/4.0, vSphere 4.0, 5.5, Windows Server 2008 R2/2003,
Windows 7/Vista, Active Directory, HP ProLiant DL and Blade Servers.

TD Bank - Cherry Hill NJ

Jul 2012 Oct 2014
Role: VMware Admin
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Administration and troubleshooting skills in issues related to View Connection

servers, View Manager, View Security servers, View Composer, View Pools, View
desktops, VDI Virtual Center, Snapshot Creation and Templates for Win 7 OS.
Created and managed resource pools for Virtual Machines.
Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using
Virtual Center Server for HA, DRS.
Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the
vMotion and Storage vMotion.
Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such
as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates.
Creating a test environment of VMs for Production Team to test their applications.
Editing user login scripts and granting permission to directories and shared files.
Provided technical support to troubleshoot network connectivity, network printing and
user access issue.
Environment: VMware ESX 4.0/3.5, VSphere 4.0, Windows Server 2008R2/2003, Active Directory
2003, HP ProLiant Servers and Dell Hardware.

Ellie Mea, Pleasanton CA

Aug 2011 May 2012
Role: VMware Admin
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Installed, configured and administering Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 servers.

Installation of ESX server and creation of VMs and install different guest OS.
Installation of VC server and Installing Virtual center components.
Updating ESX hosts using VMware Update manager.
Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
Working on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC.
Working on Migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration, Storage vMotion
Creating Virtual switch.
Connecting to ESX server by using VIC, putty and Web access.
Environment: Windows 2003/2008, Windows XP, SMS, IIS 6.0, Microsoft WSUS, VMware
vCenter, Blade Logic.

Smart Solutions, Cairo Egypt

Jan 2007 March 2011
Role: Windows System Administrator
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Installing, configuring & administering Windows 2003/2000 Enterprise Server.

Managing Domain Controllers and Additional Domain Controllers.
Implementing Disaster Recovery in Windows 2003/2000 Domains.
Configuration of Domain Naming Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP).
Created User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, creating local and Global Groups and
implementing Group Policies.
Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions and System Policies.
Installation of Operating Systems Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000 etc.
Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service (RIS).
Implementing user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts.
Responsible for operations and maintenance for TCP/IP.

Planning and scheduling the network down time for

various upgrades and maintenance check.
Environment: Windows 2003/2000 Servers, Active Directory, Network Printers, Windows XP.