Mahmoud Kafafi

Experience

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  IT Valley

  Oct 2006 - Oct 2009

  Technical Operations Manager
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  EDBE Egyptian Development Bank of Egypt

  Nov 2009 - Sept 2012

  Senior Data Center Specialist
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  Vodafone International Services (VIS)

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  L2 support Engineer
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  IBM

  Dec 2013 - Jun 2015

  Remote Technical Support - TSM Support

  My role includes assisting and supporting IBM US clients in accomplish the following:- Installing TSM Standard on Windows server 2003 , 2008 and 2012- Installing TSM Standard on Redhat Linux 5, Redhat Linux 6- Installing TSM Standard on AIX 5.3 , AIX 6.1 , and AIX 7.1- Configuring TSM Standard as a main Backup System with the customer needs- Configure Policy Domain, Storage Pools, Nodes- Installing and Configuring TSM Backup Archive Client on Different Operating Systems like (Windows-Linux-AIX)- Installing and Configuring Tivoli Data Protection for Oracle DB backup and Restore.- Installing and Configuring Tivoli Data Protection for SQL DB backup and Restore- Installing and Configuring Tivoli Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Backup and Restore.- Installing and Configuring Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino.- Configure TSM Backup Archive Client API for Backup DB2- Upgrading TSM server and client on different platforms (Windows , Unix , Linux)- Configuring Tape Library with TSM Server for backup on Tapes.-Dealing with Tapes as Labeling and Checking in & out.-Installing and Configuring TSM Storage Agent For LANFREE Backup- Define and Troubleshoot Schedules and TSM Scheduler Service.- Configure TSM to work with AIX HACMP- Installing TSM Fastback on Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2003- Define and Update Client Groups for All attached Clients- Define Job Schedules for the Client Groups created-Define Policies combined from Client Groups and Job Schedules.-Restore Operating System from Scratch using TSM Fastback- Troubleshoot customer different issues Show less

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  Vodafone

  Jul 2015 - May 2016

  Senior Level ll Engineer
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  IBM

  Jun 2016 - May 2019

  Technical Lead - Spectrum Protect Support
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  DXC Technology

  Jun 2019 - now

  Resident Consultant in Saudi Payments (Part Of SAMA - Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency / Saudi Central Bank)1- Responsible of maintaining and the backup servers more than 4 Spectrum Protect environments and 5 Veeam backup and replication servers2- Managing backup schedules for more than 1100+ TSM clients including AIX LPARs and physical servers, Linux x86 and PP physical and LPARS, windows servers physical and virtual 3- Dealing with different applications WAS,TDS,WebSEAL,MSSQL, Oracle,SAP and other in-house applications3-Apply the needed fixes and patch levels on TSM servers and clients4- Manage Protecting virtual environments such as VMware and Hyper V using Veeam.5- Perform regular restoration tests with the different teams6-Perform day to day restore, retrieve and configure new clients or schedules 7- Involved in the new projects at the backup and environments migration 8-perform DR tests and scenarios according to the customer needs9-day to day housekeeping activities for the Spectrum protect servers and backup devices (storage and tape libraries) Show less

  • Backup and Archiving Team Lead

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Sr. IBM Spectrum Protect & Veeam Consultant

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2020