Backup and storage admin

Mandate Skills

Commvault

Net app

Purestorage

Veeam backup

8 to 10 years experience

Hybrid ( twice in 2 weeks)

Roles & Responsibilities (commvault)

• Having an experience on Deploying Commvault components, such as CommServe, Media Agents, and Client Agents, across the environment.
• Configuring schedule policies that define backup types (full, incremental, differential).
• Creating storage policies that specify cloud storage, tape libraries, and disk libraries for backup and recovery operations.
• Configuring de-duplication and compression settings to optimize storage usage and backup performance.
• Creating and managing backup schedules to ensure all critical data is backed up regularly with minimal disruption
• Performing DB Maintenance during periods of low CommServe activity to minimize the effect on data protection operations.
• Monitoring the status of backup jobs to ensure successful completion, identifying and resolving any failed or incomplete jobs.
• Performing periodic backup validation to ensure that backup data is intact and recoverable in the event of a disaster.
• Managing the entire backup life-cycle, including initiating, monitoring, and completing backup tasks across the environment (Physical servers, Virtual machines, databases, etc.).
• Performing restores of data or entire systems in response to data loss, corruption, or disasters.
• Performing file-level restores or application-specific restores (e.g., Microsoft Exchange, SQL,Oracle) as per user requirement.
• Continuously monitoring backup jobs to ensure they are successfully completed without issues.
• Configuring alerts for backup job failures, warning signs, or errors.
• Creating regular reports on backup performance, job success/failure, storage usage, and system health for management and compliance purposes.
• Maintaining detailed logs of backup activities for auditing and troubleshooting purposes.
• Monitoring storage capacity to ensure there is enough space for backups and makes recommendations for additional resources if necessary.
• Configuring and managing role-based access controls (RBAC) to ensure only authorized personnel can access or manage backup data and systems.
• Regularly monitoring the health of Commvault components (CommServe, Media Agents, and Clients) to ensure proper functioning.
• Investigating and resolving issues related to backup failures, slow performance, or network connectivity.
• Addressing issues with storage devices, network configurations, or the Commvault software itself to ensure reliable backup operations.
• Fine-tuning backup schedules, storage policies, and performance settings to improve backup speed and efficiency
• Ensuring optimal use of storage resources by configuring deduplication and compression.
• Monitoring and manage network bandwidth usage to ensure that backup operations do not interfere with other critical network activities.
• Using Commvaults automation features to automate routine backup tasks, such as job scheduling, alerts, and reporting.
• Keeping the Commvault environment up to date by applying software patches and updates to address bugs, improve performance, or introduce new features.
• Planning and executing upgrades of Commvault components, such as CommServe, Media Agents, and storage systems, while ensuring minimal disruption to backup operations.
• Working closely with Windows, Linux,MSSQL, Oracle, Network, Storage, and Virtualization teams to ensure that backup configurations integrate seamlessly with the overall IT infrastructure.
• Providing support to users or other departments when they need assistance with restoring files, troubleshooting backup issues.
• Creating SOP’s and sharing knowledge with colleagues and KT for new joiners
• Keeping detailed records of backup configurations, policies, and procedures and also Documenting troubleshooting steps and resolutions for common issues.
• Working with Commvault support to resolve complex issues related to backups, storage devices, or network configurations.
  
  

• Having experience on deploying Veeam Backup & Replication components, including Veeam Backup Server, Backup Proxies, Repositories, and Backup Enterprise Manager, across the environment.
• Configuring backup jobs & backup copy jobs for virtual machines (VMs), physical servers, applications (SQL, Exchange, Oracle Databases) with the Help of App aware processing technology, and cloud environments (public and private clouds).
• Configuring backup jobs & backup copy jobs based on backup type (full, forever forward incremental, forward incremental, reverse incremental).
• Configuring and managing backup repositories for storing backup data.
• Performing restores of data or entire virtual machines in the event of a failure, disaster, or data loss.
• Restoring individual files, application data, VMDK level, Guest files and Folders and Instant VM recovery.
• Designing and implementing disaster recovery strategies to ensure the organization can quickly recover in case of data loss.
• Doing periodic recovery tests to validate that backups can be restored successfully and meet recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO).
• Monitoring the status of backup and replication jobs to ensure they complete successfully and within acceptable time frames.
• Configuring alerts for failed backup jobs, missed schedules, or issues with backup infrastructure such as repository or proxy failures.
• Creating regular reports on backup job success, failures, system health, storage usage, and performance for management and auditing purposes.
• Monitoring backup storage usage and plan for additional capacity as needed to accommodate growing data volumes.
• Implementing and managing role-based access to the Veeam environment, ensuring that only authorized personnel can access backup configurations and restore operations.
• Having experience of configuring the Veeam backup components like WAN accelerator, Gateway server, Mount servers.
• Configuring backup retention policies to ensure that data is retained for the required duration and deleted according to organizational guidelines.
• Regularly monitoring the health of Veeam components (Backup Servers, Proxies, and Repositories) to ensure optimal performance.
• Keeping the Veeam software up to date by applying patches, updates, and new releases to address security vulnerabilities and enhance functionality.
• Ensuring the backup infrastructure is configured to maximize performance, including optimizing backup proxy settings, repository storage, and network bandwidth utilization.
• Resolving issues related to backup failures, slow performance, or network connectivity issues.
• Addressing any issues related to backup repositories, including storage capacity issues, repository configuration errors, or disk failures.
• Analyzing logs, events, and error messages from Veeam and related systems to identify and resolving issues that could affect backup jobs.
• Adjusting backup job configurations, schedules, and settings to improve backup performance and reduce backup windows.
• Implementing de-duplication and compression to reduce storage usage and optimize backup processes.
• Managing network bandwidth utilization to ensure that backup operations do not interfere with other critical business operations.
• Ensuring that backup jobs are balanced across available backup proxies and repositories to optimize resource usage and preventing bottlenecks.
• Ensuring that backups stored in the cloud can be quickly restored in the event of a disaster or data loss.
• Documenting backup configurations, policies, schedules, and recovery procedures to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Maintaining records of backup failures, troubleshooting steps, and resolution actions to create a knowledge base for future reference.
• Working with other IT teams, such as Windows, Linux, MSSQL, Oracle, Networking, Storage, and system administrators, to ensure that backup configurations align with the overall IT infrastructure.
• Providing an assistance to end-users and other teams in restoring files or data and troubleshooting issues related to Veeam backups.
• Providing training to other team members or users on Veeam backup and restore procedures, as well as best practices.
• Working with Veeam support to resolve complex issues or implement new features.
• Ensuring that Veeam integrates smoothly with other enterprise tools and systems, such as monitoring and ticketing tools
• Upgrading the licenses capacity whenever its usage exceeds its maximum.
• Experience on configuring and managing Scale out Backup repositories (SOBR).
• Performing the Ad-Hoc backups before server decommissioning or patching. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES (Storage)
• Experience in storage into Commvault hyperscale X
• Experience in data domains dell moduler disk storage and netapp grid storage
• Administered and maintained enterprise SAN/NAS storage systems.
• Performed storage provisioning ,Zoning and LUN masking for physical and virtual environments.
• Configured and managed Raid levels , snapshots, deduplication, replication ,and thin provisioning .
• Managed data migration between storage platforms with minimal down timing using looks like snap mirror, Storage Vmotion or robocopy.