Abdelfettah MEZZIANE

Consultant Architect: Red Hat, VMware & NetBackup

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Our main aim, ensuring high quality of service and provide a high delivery level with highly skilled experts.
Our areas of expertise are diverse and today they are based on the following :

> IT Consulting :
VMware : vSphere, Horizon View, vRealize Suite
Symantec : NetBackup & Backup Exec ; IBM TSM
Linux Red Hat, Oracle Solaris, IBM AIX
EMC, NETAPP & IBM Storage
SAN : Brocade & CISCO
Microsoft : Windows Server, Exchange, System Center
DataBase : Oracle & SQL Server
Citrix : XenAPP & XenDesktop

> IT Training :
ITIL : Foundation, Intermediate
Red Hat Linux
CISCO
VMware
ISO 27000, ISO 20000, PMP, Cobit & Prince 2
IBM : AIX, TSM, Storage, SAN
Oracle : Oracle DB, RAC, DataGuard

Moving Together, Towards, More Productive & Smart Businesses

Exprience
Freelance Consultant : Red Hat, VMware & NetBackup , THINKDATA
October 2014 - Present (2 years 3 months)
Study and implementation of the Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for managing more than hundreds of Linux
Red Hat virtual machines
Performance tuning for vSphere 5.1 plateform
Studying the upgrade to vSphere 5.5 and integration with vCloud Suite
Implementing Netbackup 7.6 for production environment Data Warehouse environment

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Freelance consultant Expert Red Hat & VMware , inwi
November 2013 - Present (3 years 2 months)
> VMware Project :
Study and production of the implementation of the VMware SRM 5.1
Upgrade production infrastructure composed with Fujitsu RX600 S6 servers from vSphere 5.0 to vSphere
5.1
> Red Hat Project :
Study and production of the implementation of the Red Hat Satellite 5.6 Managing more than 200 servers

Consultant Trainer , MASEN : Moroccan Agency For Solar Energy

October 2013 - October 2013 (1 month)
Training : Virtualization Technology with VMware vSphere 5.1

Consultant Trainer , TMSA : Tanger Mediterranean Special Agency

October 2013 - October 2013 (1 month)
Training : Virtualization Technology with VMware vSphere 5.1

Freelance Consultant Expert : Red Hat, VMware & Netbackup , Casanet SA, Filiale de Maroc Telecom
May 2013 - October 2013 (6 months)
> Linux Project:
Tuning MYSQL platform under RHEL 5.5
Implementation of Red Hat Cluster RHCS for MYSQL 5 DB instance
Migration ZIMBRA Server from version 7 to 8.0.3

> Netbackup Project :

Tuning platform Netbackup 7.5
Implementing backup over SAN for VDI infrastructure with Netbackup 7.5

> VMware Project : vSphere & View

Upgrade existing infrastructure from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1
Study & Implementation of VDI infrastructure with VMware View 5 for Al Akhawayn
University
Implmentation of new ESXi 5.1 platform

Freelance VMware Consultant , IBM

August 2013 - September 2013 (2 months)
Realization of an Upgrade project for VMware vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.1. The architecture is composed
of : Disk Array "IBM DS8700 & STOREWISE V7000", SAN Brocade, IBM xServer series. Targets of the
mission are :
Ensure the compatibility matrix of all components

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 Analysis of existing and proposed the upgrade scenario
Upgrade 8 ESX 4.1 servers "IBM x3850 X5" to ESXi 5.1
Setting up a new vCenter Server 5.1 and SQL Server databases 2012 EE
Deploying the VMware Update Manager tool for the implementation of Update and upgrades of
ESXi servers.

Consultant Trainer , Bull

May 2013 - May 2013 (1 month)
Training : Virtualization Technology with VMware vSphere 5.1

Consultant Trainer , Atos

April 2013 - April 2013 (1 month)
Training : Official ITIL v3 Edition 2011 Foundation course

Consultant Trainer , Atos

March 2013 - March 2013 (1 month)
Training : Official ITIL v3 Edition 2011 Foundation course

Consultant Trainer , Bull

March 2013 - March 2013 (1 month)
Training : Linux System Administration Level II

Part Time Trainer , ITL Faculty of Sciences And Technologies Settat

October 2012 - March 2013 (6 months)
Part Time Trainer : Linux / ITIL v3
Section : Bachelor & Master Degree

Part Time Trainer , VINCI Engineer High School

October 2012 - January 2013 (4 months)
Unix Trainer : Oracle Solaris 10

Freelance Consultant Expert Red Hat & VMware , INWI

January 2012 - December 2012 (1 year)
> VMware Project :
Administration and management VMware vSphere 4 platforms
Tunning & Audit of virtualization platforms and implementation of best practices
Training of internal teams
Writing technical architecture documents

> Redhat Project :

Administration and management of all Linux Redhat platforms

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 Audit and Tunning of Redhat platforms
Redhat Servers integration with SAN
Level 3 of incident management
Support advanced operations (migration of SAN disks, cluster RHCS)
Writing technical procedures
Installation and configuration of monitoring solutions with Nagios

Consultant Trainer , CIRES TELECOM

August 2012 - August 2012 (1 month)
Intermediate Linux Administration Course

Consultant Trainer , ILEM

July 2012 - July 2012 (1 month)
Netbackup 7 Training "Data Protection Administration for UNIX using NetBackup 7"

Senior Redhat / Netbackup Administrator , HP-CDG IT Services

October 2009 - December 2011 (2 years 3 months)
JCDecaux Project : UNIX and Backup Team Leader
Redhat Senior Administrator and Linux technical referent of project. Managing Backup platform with
Symantec Netbackup 6.x and participation in the migration project and the audit thereof and the proposed
solutions to address evolving problems of the existing architecture.
Administration and management of the park consists of over 400 Physical and Virtual servers (Red Hat
Enterprise, Debian, Slackware and Sun Solaris)
Change Management: Deploying servers, products / tools, file system, logical volume configuration /
network / users ...
Writing documentation and technical procedures
System and Network Monitoring : Nagios, CA NSM, RRD
Managing Backups : Veritas Netbackup 6.x
Arkema Project : Linux & Unix Senior Administartor / Backup Administrator
Administration and management of Linux servers Redhat Enterprise 3, 4 & 5
Administration of HP servers on HP-UX 11iv3
Installing and configuring virtual
machines "VMs" on HP-UX platform "HP
Integrity"
Administration and Management of Backup Platform with the following architecture:
SOFTWARE : HP DataProtector 6.11
Backup Robot : using virtualization technology
libraries with HP VLS 9000

Unix & Linux System Engineer - Oracle DBA 10g , Atos Origin

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April 2009 - September 2009 (6 months)
Redoute & GEFCO Project :
Administration and management of Linux servers (Redhat Enterprise) and Unix (Solaris 9,10 & IBM AIX
5.x)
Change Management: server deployments, products / tools, FileSystem management devices, configuration
of logical volumes / network / users ...
Incident management ( ITIL) on AIX and Redhat Enterprise Servers
Writing documentation and technical procedures
Administration of VMware Infrastructure 3
System and Network Monitoring: Cacti, ITM, Sysload
Managing Backups: Veritas Netbackup 5 & 6, TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager)and MKSYSB
- GEFCO Project : Team Leader
Oracle Database administration (8, 8i, 9i et 10g) on AIX and Redhat Servers
Management and administration of more than 180 Oracle databases of different versions
Managing backup and recovery with RMAN
Management of incidents and changes of the databases of PROD and preproduction.

Network & System Administrator , Fl@m Ingnierie

July 2008 - February 2009 (8 months)
-> Fl@m Project:
System & Network Administrator : Administration and management of Linux servers, Windows
Server 2003, MS Exchange Server 2K3 & 2K7, and managing the virtualization platform with VMware
Infrastructure 3.5
DNS : Installing and managing DNS Server on Windows and Linux Environments
Managing Enterprise Active Directory
Messaging: Installation and configuration of Microsoft Exchange servers
Web : IIS
Installing and managing DHCP servers

-> Project Prodige-e www.prodigeinfo.com : IT Architect

Administration and management of Microsoft ISA Server 2006 and Cisco PIX Firewalls
Administration and management of VMware Infrastructure 3.5
Technical Lead for different type of customer support L2/L3
Auditing of systems and networks infrastructure
preparing functional, technical and Security proposals to customers
Participation in the implementation of ITIL processes and ISO 20000 for IT service management "service
delivered to customers"

Network & System Administrator , CNRST

February 2005 - July 2008 (3 years 6 months)

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 -> Marwan network supervision (http://www.marwan.ma): the Moroccan academic network

System & Network administration : Linux and Sun Solaris 10 servers administration :
DNS : installing and configuring BIND server
E-mail : installing and configuring Sendmail and Postfix servers, solutions deployment of AntiVirus and
AntiSpam (MailScaner and SpamAssassin)
Web : Apache
NFS, Samba
Security : IPTables, IPSec, Snort and SSH
installing and configuring DHCP servers
Cisco : installing, configuring, supporting and troubleshooting of Cisco network devices :
Switch : 2900 & 3700 Series
Router : 1800 & 2800 Series
Firewall : PIX 515E
Administering of Grid Computing (http://www.magrid.ma)

Comptences et expertise
Red Hat Linux
VMware
Solaris
DNS
VMware ESX
Virtualization
RedHat
Linux
Cluster
ITIL
Unix
Servers
System Administration
IT Service Management
MySQL
vSphere
SAN
Apache
RHEL
Netbackup
DHCP
HP-UX
Sendmail
RHCE

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Oracle
AIX
vmware vCloud
VMware View
VMware Horizon View
Cisco Technologies
Windows Server
Firewalls
VMware Infrastructure
Active Directory
NetBackup
VMware vSphere

Certifications
RED HAT CERTIFICATE OF EXPERTISE IN CLUSTERING AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT
EX436
Red Hat License 111-106-902 March 2016
PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management
AXELOS Global Best Practice License 219580.20440186 September 2015 to September 2020
PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management
AXELOS Global Best Practice License 219580 May 2015
Symantec Certified Specialist NetBackup 7.5 For UNIX Administrator
Symantec March 2014
RHCX "Red Hat Certified Examiner"
Red Hat November 2013
RHCI " Red Hat Certified Instructor"
Red Hat June 2013
RHCE "Red Hat Certified Engineer" RHEL 6
Red Hat License 111-106-902 March 2013
VCE Certified Converged Infrastructure Associate (VCE-CIA)
VCE License VCE-CIA0012772 December 2016
RHCSA "Redhat Certified System Administrator RHEL 6"
Redhat, Inc License 111-106-902 June 2011
VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization
VMware License 9867164-A801-61C78FE676D6 December 2012
VMware Certified IT Academy Instructor
VMware November 2013
ITIL Foundation v2
EXIN December 2010
ITIL Foundation v3
AXELOS Global Best Practice June 2011
VMware Certified Professional - Cloud
VMware License 12569239-B76D-BF7E70C7B92D March 2015

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Formation
FEDE
Master's degree, Management and Business Strategy, 2013 - 2014
FEDE
Master's degree, Information Technology Project Management, 2012 - 2013
Rsultat obtenu : Project Manager
ENSET
Superior Technician Diploma, Computer Science Engineering, 2001 - 2003

Centres d'intrt
Swimming, IT magazine, IT literature, aerobics

Langues
English (Full professional proficiency)
French (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Projets
AUI VDI
mars 2013 Poste actuel
Members:Abdelfettah MEZZIANE, Salah Eddine GASSIM
Implementing a VDI infrastructure for Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane. The technology used in this project
is :
VMware Horizon View 5.2
IBM Blade HS22-V
IBM XIV Storage

Thanks a lot for IT Stuff that allowed us to have this opportunity.

Red Hat Satellite & VMware SRM
novembre 2013 Poste actuel
Members:Abdelfettah MEZZIANE
Implementation for Red Hat Satellite 5.6 to manage more than 200 REHL servers

Implementing VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.1 for protecting critical virtual machines using Array
Based Replication Storage. The technology used is :
IBM DS8700 Storage
Fujitsu RX600 Servers
Vmware SRM 5.1
NetBackup 7.6
novembre 2014 janvier 2015
Members:Abdelfettah MEZZIANE

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Implementing new backup infrastructure based on :
NetBackup 7.6 : Master Server on AIX 7.1
VTL : EMC DataDomain 4200
Library : IBM TS3500 Series with 10 LTO6 Drives
San Media Servers based on HP-UX OS

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Abdelfettah MEZZIANE
Consultant Architect: Red Hat, VMware & NetBackup

5 personnes ont recommand Abdelfettah

"I was doing training with AbdulFattah for just 4 days in Morocco, I found him very organized peroson,
smart, has deep information about many IT topics, ready to get new information, I really enjoyed knowing
some body like him and looking forward to doing some business with him in the near future!"

Mohamed ElMaraghy Nassar, tait dans une autre entreprise quand il/elle a travaill avec Abdelfettah

"I have worked with Abdelfettah at HP for different prestigious clients. I found him as a decision maker
person, that have a strong information about how to align the Technical skills to the business needs and how
to combine between them . i have learned more from his solid personal & communication side. I appreciate
much his way of leading the team to achieve their individual and collective goals. Good Luck for your current
& future challenges."

Abdelkader Abdrebbi, a travaill directement avec Abdelfettah

"Abdelfattah was a colleague with a strong human and technical skills. He knows how to help his colleagues
to achieve fixed targets. I highly recommend him."

Yassine RGUAGUI, CGEIT, ITIL, a travaill avec Abdelfettah

"I worked with Abdelfettah and I was always impressed by his work and technical skills. He is also a person
with a very incredible deep knowledge and has a strong technical and project management skills with a
friendly attitude. I strongly recommend him for any kind of positions mainly because of his versatile profile."

Youness Hamidi, a travaill directement avec Abdelfettah

"Abdelfettah travaille au CNRST ou il est charg de la supervision du rseau Marwan"

Redouane Merrouch, encadrait Abdelfettah

Prenez contact avec Abdelfettah sur LinkedIn

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