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Specialist CA
Consultant on the following CA software:
Brightstor
ARCserve Suite including
High Availability
ver 9
Backup ver 9 and 11
ARCserve for Linux
incl. Disaster Recovery option ver 9
Enterprise Backup
ver 9
Asset Management ver
3 and 4
eTrust Anti-virus
suite including Secure content Manager.
Contact me if you have a project or problem to discuss - colin.durrant @
lindengrove.net
Kingston
Technologies
– ARCserve ver 11 Installation & Configuration – June 2004
The aim of the project
was to backup over 400GB from 30 servers to a file system and then back
this data up to a Tanberg Tape Library (20 tapes). A number of jobs were
setup to run simultaneously to reduce the backup time frame. Devices,
Groups and media pools were all specifically setup and configured. A
further objective was to import the database from ARCserve ver 6.61 which
contained over 3GB of data into ver 11 and then upgrade it to SQL.
Asset Management ver 4
Project – March 2004
Thus PLC has 5 sites
and over 1500 workstations and servers. Although Asset Management had
been previously installed it was not reporting correctly. The project
objective was to produce comprehensive and accurate reports for the entire
organisation. With very little system documentation available, the system
was analysed and then a number of issues were discovered. The end result
was the required reports being successfully generated for the assets.
Multi-site Backup –
ARCserve ver 7 installation and configuration – Feb 2004
A large employment
agency with over 30 offices nationwide required ARCserve to be installed
and configured. Backup jobs were run simultaneously due to the short time
frame and speed of the data coming from the remote offices. Specific
configuration was carried with file system devices as well as staff
training.
Abacus Lighting – Muti-site
backup to tape library – Dec 2003
Enterprise customer
based in Nottingham was having a number of issues with their tape drive.
Installation and troubleshooting lead to successful backup and restore to
tape library.
Exchange / ARCServe ver
9 Disaster Recovery – Dec 2003
A large customer based
in central London (Mail on Sunday) had a very urgent requirement to
restore certain mail folders from their Exchange 5.5 Server using ARCserve.
With extensive experience in both Exchange and ARCserve I was able to put
together a plan of action for when the offsite tape arrived the following
day. This included recovering the exchange server onto a freshly
installed mirror server, running numerous database utilities and
retrieving the required folders. The project was successfully carried out
that Saturday.
Firewall, VPN & Citrix
Project – Dec 2002 - 8 Weeks
Designed and
implemented a remote access solution for SPI distribution, a manufacturer
of fuel tanks for the European market and part of a global group. Produced
a specification and evaluated different products while managing various
vendors. Implemented firewalls and Citrix across five sites in the UK. I
was solely responsible for installing and configuring Citrix Metaframe XP
onto 2 servers, 1 as backup. Every Citrix component was configured to
deliver the client’s exact requirements and windows 2000 configured for
best Citrix operation. Security, anti-virus, email and disaster recovery
were key aspects of the project. Achieved a fully operational VPN solution
and produced significant savings of over £3, 500 for the
organisation. We are still rolling out Citrix to additional branch
offices.
Portus Consulting –
Design and implement systems for new office – Aug 2003 – 4 weeks
Built and implemented a
Small Business Server and workstations for a financial organisation.
Managed specifications to FSA standards, identified business critical
needs, managed third parties and implemented Microsoft Exchange.
Implemented a remote access solution using a Linux firewall with VPN, IDS,
etc. Setup terminal services for home users. Developed a security policy
and carried out necessary security lockdowns on servers and workstations.
Upgrade NT4 server and
domain to Windows 2000 Active Directory – April 2003 – 2 weeks
Successfully upgraded
an NT4 server to Windows 2000 for SPI distribution and implemented key
security policies using Active Directory, Domain and workstation
management following failure of an NT4 server. Managed disaster recovery
processes to achieve recovery and installation of a temp server within 2
hours. Managed Active Directory over multiple domain controllers
including global policies and domain security.
Developed end to end Web
Solution - Lindengrove Consultants – April 2003 - still ongoing.
Designed, developed and analysed requirements for several
Internet and ecommerce website solutions including the design of front end
website for
www.lindengrove.net
using Actinic business software, HTML, Perl and Java tools. Implemented a
successful ecommerce solution for purchase of customised hardware and
server technology and completed search engine registration, key word
identification and internet marketing and branding, increasing visitors
from 162 to 2151 a month in just 6 months.
Career
Sept 1999 - Present
IT Director
Lindengrove
Successfully
delivered end to end Internet and Intranet solutions (ebusiness)
including
www.firstpersonnel.co.uk and
www.xandros-software.co.uk
Provided Hardware, Business Applications and full network
support for key clients
Managed Corporate
Network design, implementation, optimization and support initiatives.
Completed a large number of successful Server and
Workstation builds.
Implemented a number of business critical Linux server and
network solutions.
Managed and
implemented security solutions including IDS, policies, encryption,
firewalls and penetration testing.
Installed a SUS
server to locally distribute Microsoft windows security updates to a LAN
Technical Summary –VPN, Intel Xeon Server builds, Linux, Firewalls, Small
Business Server, Windows NT4.0 / 2000 Workstation & Server, MS Exchange,
Active Directory, Security, penetration testing, IDS, security policies,
log analysis, SEO, HTML, Perl and Java. Aug 1999 – Sept 1999 Network
Engineer Southalls * Provided PC
and network support including Windows 95/98/Office 97, NT Server, MS
Post Office, 3 Com, D-Link (switches and hubs), PC Anywhere, Dell
Computers. Apr 1999 – May 1999 Network
Engineer Polyspan * System and
PC User Support including Windows 95, NT workstation, Office 97, Outlook,
infrared, printers, NT Server on Ethernet network, IBM ThinkPad’s, Toshiba
laptops, Compaq desktops, backup exec, anti-virus and Hyperion
software Dec 1997 –
Feb 1999
LAN Support CF Tulley Associates PVT (Ltd)
Provision of internal
LAN Support to maintain performance and security of computer systems,
network infrastructure and software applications.
Key team member for
design and maintenance of the company Intranet.
Administered and
maintained the LAN and WAN connecting 5 sites using radio links, leased
lines, dialup connections (RAS), routers, hubs, modems, gateways,
TCP/IP, NetBEUI using Ethernet technology on a star/bus topology.
Provided support to users for network, printing and general
operating problems.
Solely responsible for testing the organisations computers
for Y2K compliance.
Configured desktop and laptop computers including Microsoft
Windows 95/98/NT and installation of scanners, modems, sound cards,
hard drives and network cards. Training
Thin Client Workshop – Citrix, Routers training Course –
Allied Telesyn, Delivering Scalable e-commerce Solutions (Microsoft),
Managing your BackOffice Applications (Microsoft), SQL Server High
Availability (Microsoft), Running Oracle on Linux clusters, Windows 2003
server course. MCSE and Exchange 2000 training.
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