Vince Price

• Providing IBM/AIX consulting services

• Performed administration support for IBM Power 8 & 9 DEV/Test/Production servers
• Managed 18 AIX v7.1 LPARs for Infor Lawson/Landmark ERP environments
• Managed 10 AIX v7.2 LPARs for Epic Cache/IRIS database & Clarity Oracle servers
• Performed NIM Server Management including the following:

- Create SPOT & LPP_Source images/objects for new ML/TL/SP Releases

- Maintain mksysb repository for over 38 LPARs

- Update DR NIM recovery procedures

- Perform NIM OS upgrades

- Implement Fix Pack/iFix installation & distributions

• AIX/LPAR Management including the following:

- Automate tasks via KSH, PERL, EXPECT & DSH (IBM’s Distributed Shell) scripting

- Implement Operating System upgrades & migrations for AIX v6.x & v7.x

- Use Logical Volume Manager(LVM) for adding SAN LUNs and filesystem creation

- Perform OS migrations from AIX v6.x to V7.x

- Perform AIX fix/iFix/patch management

- Reallocate LPAR resources(CPU, Memory, I/O vadapters) for new functionality requirements

- Perform required hardware firmware upgrades

• VIO Server Management

- Perform IOS updates via updateios

- Installation & configuration on newly deployed POWER servers

- Create Dual VIOS configurations with redundant Shared Ethernet(SEA) adapters/Dual virtual switches

- Manage VLAN changes on VIO SEA adapters and LPARs

- Setup dual fibre/copper Etherchannel adapters using LACP

- Setup dual virtual SCSI/Fibre Channel/Ethernet adapters on LPARs

• HMC Management

- Perform Firmware & Fix installation/upgrades

- Configure for Live Partition Mobility (LPM)

- Implement LDAP user integration

- Maintain Critical Console data backups to NIM

• Security

- Implement AIX Secure LDAP with Microsoft AD

- Automate/Manage encrypted file transfers using protocols (SFTP, FTP-S, SCP, etc.)

- Manage PGP keys & Web server/WebSphere certificates

• Performance/Capacity Management

- Performance analysis using standard UNIX tools (vmstat,iostat,lparstat,topas,nmon,filemon,trace utilities)

- Collect 24×7 NMON data for capacity analysis and troubleshooting

- Stress test I/O & network connections on newly installed servers

• Backup & DR Responsibilities

- Assist in datacenter migration from Gulf Coast to Miami

- Manage PowerHA v6.1 & v7.1 (formerly HACMP)

- Perform quarterly Failover & Failback Testing

- Epic Production IRIS DB Servers

- Epic Mirror DB maintenance

- Infor DR Testing using SAN replication (Metro Mirror & FlashCopies)

- Managed four (4) IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) servers for AIX, LINUX & Window server backups

- Deployed scripting using FlashCopy on,Cache/IRIS Databases with TSM/Rubrik and mksysb consolidation

- Utilize rsync for HA Cluster files to DR IRIS database mirror

- Setup Rubrik backups on all AIX & Linux LPARs/servers

• Perform RHEL v8 & v9 Systems Administration

- Assist in VM creation in vCenter for RHEL deployments

- Perform filesystem & LUN storage management

- Assist with vendor application installations and appliance setup

- Setup and monitor backup and restore efforts

• Perform Infor Lawson System Administration

- Manage Lawson LSFT v10 Environments for Prod/Test/Dev/Train

- Manage Landmark v11 Environments, including CU upgrades

- Support Payroll, Benefits & Finance modules and project team

- Perform WebSphere Application Server ND maintenance to support Payroll, Finance and HR modules

- Manage IBM DB2 / Tivoli Directory Services (TDS) supporting Infor Lawson credential repository

- Manage IBM HTTP Server (IHS) / Apache servers

• SAN Administration Responsibilities

- Perform Brocade director zone changes as needed for AIX, LINUX & Windows servers

- Assist with FC adapter & storage path switch changes

- Create and expand LUNs on IBM Flash Arrays

• Epic Admin Responsibilities

- Perform Cache/IRIS database Monitoring

- Perform 25 TB IRIS.DAT Space Management

- Perform Clarity Oracle database 35 TB space management

• Solutions design and implementation latest server and storage virtualization technologies from IBM, HP, HDS, EMC, VMware, Platespin
• Implement IBM BladeCenter Technologies using Intel, AMD and POWER6 blade technologies
• Coordinate Disaster Recovery efforts for clinical based systems
• Provide installation and systems administration services for HP EVA 4x00 and Continuous Access(CA) Replication
• Provide VMware v2.x & v3.x support with replication technologies from Platespin (a Novell Company)
• Mange Symantec Netbackup Datacenter v6.5 for onsite and offsite backups
• Provide installation and systems administration services to AIX/SUN/Microsoft customers
• Over 20 years AIX experience, AIX v2.2 – AIX v6.1, including Dynamic LPAR configuration, Micro Partitioning, Virtual I/O Servers, WPARs, Live Partition Mobility(similar to Vmotion)
• Over 10 years HACMP, TSM v5.x and DRM experience
• Over 7 years SAN installation & configuration with Brocade & McData Switches, IBM Shark(ESS), DS3K, 4K ,6K, 8K ,XIV and HDS NSC55 & USP, EMC CX & Symmetrix storage servers
• Over 3 years Storage Virtualization experience using technologies from IBM & HDS
• Outline and execute O.S
• And application migration services

• Support System p Salesforce in generating over $10 Million in Revenue each year in the NY Metro Area
• Pre-Sales and Post Sales support for the complete IBM System p & Storage product line including:
• All Power4, Power5/5+, Power6 systems from p505s to p595s
• IBM Storage Systems – FAStT, DS4000s, DS6000, DS8000, XIV
• IBM Storage Virtualization – SVC v3.x to v4.x
• IBM SAN Switches (Brocade, McData, Cisco MDS product lines included)
• Conduct Enterprise Architecture Reviews to position IBM, Hitachi, EMC, VMware solutions with the needs of the corporation, and better align IT goals with company directions
• Design and implement Backup/Recovery & Disaster Recovery Solutions using Host based, SAN based and Storage Based Solutions

• Lead Technical Sales Support for IBM RS/6000 Product Line
• Responsible for configuring, ordering, installing all RS/6000s resulting in over $3 million in annual sales
• Certifications for:

- AIX Support

- AIX Systems Administration V4 & V5

- SP & PSSP Installation and Configuration

- High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP)

- SAN/Storage Management

- CCNA 2.0

- Solaris 7 Systems Administration

- Solaris 7 Network Administration

• Develop Cross Training Tract for AIX certification/installation

• Developed scripts to perform functional, regression and stress testing of new Trading Floor applications
• Administered integration lab UNIX servers and workstations
• Ordered & Tracked all testing laboratory hardware and software
• Maintained constant dialog with Trading Floor Support persons
• Coordinated and installed SP2 production server and protocol gateway for DB Trader project
• Managed laboratory facilities

• Designed and Implemented three-tier SAP application environment solution
• Installed test and development environment for Contract Imaging
• Administered production Imaging environment
• Upgraded and administered Accounts Receivable production and test servers
• Implemented DNS services on all UNIX servers
• Managed yearly budget for UNIX systems
• Maintained all required networked protocols - TCP/IP, DECNET, SNA, NOVELL
• Administered production databases - Informix V5, Oracle V7
• Architect UNIX consolidation and directional effort for all UNIX production platforms

• Integrated RISC Systems/6000’s into TCP/IP, DECNET, SNA & NOVELL networks
• Designed internets with routers in Ethernet, Token Ring, SDLC & Frame Relay environment
• Installed & integrated PS/2s with DOS, OS/2 & Windows 3.1 applications
• Configured & installed microchannel, ISA & EISA PCs with scanners, multimedia devices, barcode readers, modems, printers, etc
• Designed & implemented internal TCP/IP Token Ring & Ethernet networks for SE support
• Implemented network management solutions in TCP/IP environments
• Prepared & implemented system integration contracts
• Aided in C, FORTRAN, COBOL & System/36 migration and conversions to UNIX based platforms
• Key contributor to install base of 348 UNIX/RISC Processors totaling over $13 million in revenue
• Coordinated organization of technical proposals under deadline
• Developed & marketed UNIX introductory & basic systems administration classes
• Coordinated trade show events & implemented follow on marketing programs
• Developed service offerings regarding upgrades, performance analysis & maintenance solutions
• Developed Backup/Recovery (BRS) for customers with IBM UNIX servers

• Marketed computer-aided solutions to manufacturing accounts
• Consistently achieved quota of over $8 million