supporting a dozen large IBM TSM, SP customers in Hungary
supporting IBM GPFS, Spectrum Scale cutomers with TSM / SP HSM
TSM Symposium, 15 (Dresden)
speaker of IBM, RRC Systems Day (Effective storage usage in backup environments, real implementation experiences), 17
spent
main projects and references:
Service Manager:
MOL Nyrt. (>1Y): participate in new SM implementation (configuration item customization, uCMDB integration and service catalog parts)
small SM works at Magyar Államkincstár and GIRO Zrt.
7/24 high availability TSM v6, v7, v8 support for:
MKB BANK Zrt. (>3Y): 4 TSM servers on a HP-UX cluster environment with library manager configuration and other 2 TSM servers (IBM AIX) for document archiving systems
Generali Biztosító Zrt. (>2Y): 2 general TSM servers on Microsoft Windows and other 2 TSM (IBM AIX) servers for document store systems
MTVA (Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap, Media Services and Support Trust Fund) (>3Y): TSM on a Microsoft Windows servers, node replication, container pool deduplication environments and TSM on Linux with GPFS filesystems
MVMI (Magyar Villamos Művek Informatika Zrt., Hungarian Electricity Private Limited Company), NAK (Nemzeti Agrárgazdasági Kamara, Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture), Diákhitel Központ Zrt., EOS Faktor Zrt., FGSZ (FGSZ Földgázszállító Zrt., Natural Gas Transmission Private Company Limited), FPH (Budapest Főváros Önkormányzata Főpolgármesteri Hivatal, Municipality of Budapest)
health check, operate, maintain big IBM TSM environments
speaker of VMware Cloud Day (Backing up VMware with IBM technology), 13
spent
main projects and references:
7/24 high availability TSM v5, v6 support for:
MKB BANK Zrt. (>10Y): 4 TSM servers on a HP-UX cluster environment with library manager configuration and other 2 TSM servers (IBM AIX) for document archiving systems
Allianz Hungária Zrt. (>10Y): TSM on a HA AIX environment with library manager configuration and other 2 TSM servers for document store systems
Genarali Biztosító Zrt. (>10Y): 4 general TSM servers on Microsoft Windows for the region and other 2 TSM servers on IBM AIX for document store systems
FHB (FHB Bank Zrt., FHB Commercial Bank Ltd.) (>2Y): TSM on a AIX HA environment
Budapest Bank (>10Y): 2 TSM servers on a HA AIX environment
Chello Central Europe Zrt. (AMC Networks International – Central Europe) (>8Y): biggest TSM based video media archiving environment implementation and support
HVB (HypoVereinsbank)/UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. (>10Y): the first v5 –> v6 AIX TSM systems migrated in the region on an IBM PureFlex system
TSM v5 -> v6 migration (TSM DB > 300GB) (OEP, UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt., Genarali Biztosító Zrt., MKB BANK Zrt.)
v6 TSM based backup solutions for IBM PureFlex based environments and support (iCell, NISZ)
TSM v5 -> v6 migration consultation at HSBC Turkey (Istanbul)
dealt with IBM SoftLayer fundamentals (Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS))
IBM Lotus Notes administrator (450 users; Austria, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia) and developer
operating the entire network
work in S.A.P. R3 environment (COMPAQ/Digital, True64 UNIX)
organised and successfully started the new logistics center of Schneider Electric Hungária Villamossági Rt. in Harbor Park (Frame Relay connection to the center, phone network, computer network, wireless phone (DECT), wireless network (based on Cisco Aironet 340, 350 series), Novell Netware, ...)
working with the following systems and equipments: CheckPoint firewall, Netscape iPlanet Web server, Netscape CMS server, Netscape Proxy server, Novell Netware 5.x, Intel Shiva + Radius, Nortel network equipments (switches, routers, hubs), ntp, ...
December 1991 - August 1992 programmer assistant, computer technology collaborator
learned to use the local network, programmed in C language
March 1994 - March 1997 computer technology organizer
extended the network of the company, connected its existing systems, worked independently, maintained and controlled the whole system
formed new concepts in the information technology system of the company, established the e-mail system and the DIAL-IN accessibility of the network, developed ONLINE systems and established these systems on the existing network
software legalization
established and maintained several Novell NetWare based networks in Mohács city
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager / Spectrum Protect related
Daily TSM administration and 7/24 support for banks, insurance companies, broadcasting companies and state sector • Co-author of the tsmadmin.com blog • Founder of the tsmadm.pl free IBM TSM administration tool • The person who opens / closes the most tickets (IBM PMR, Problem Management Report) each year in Hungary • Took IBM TSM / Spectrum Protect (implementation, operation, administration, advanced administration) trainings (>30, on behalf of IBM, IQSOFT - John Bryce Oktatóközpont Kft. and Training 360 Kft.)
Programming languages
Objective-C (applications with Core Location framework, 13 and BLE, 17) • C (kernel mode device driver on Linux, TSM API) • Lua (Simple game development on PICO-8) • 80x86 assembly (direct IPX protocol programming) • ATMEL AVR assembly, C (GSM based home automation, 09) • Epson S1C88 assembly (code breaker game, 04) • CA Clipper • DataFlex • perl (tsmadm.pl, 13) • awk • UNIX shell • Psion OPL (PhotoPal, 01) • Lotus Formula • Lotus Script (incident log system) • JavaScript
/* I'm not a real coder! */
Operating systems
UNIX (from Slackware 1.0) • Microsoft Windows (>2.1x) • Apple macOS (>Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger)
Hardware
IBM tape libraries (LTO, 3592 drives); IBM, HPE, Oracle High-End machines and storage systems
Professional certifications
Veeam Technical Sales Professional (VMTSP) • 05/10/2021
ITIL v3 2011 Foundation • 08/10/2018
Veeam Technical Sales Professional (VMTSP) - Veeam Availability Suite v9.5 • 09/28/2017
IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Spectrum Protect V8.1 • 07/28/2017
IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli Storage Manager V7.1 • 05/18/2015
IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli Storage Productivity Center v5.1 • 06/04/2013
IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Tivoli Storage Manager v6.3 • 02/01/2013
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