RAJASHREE PAL

SMTS

VMware

12.2016 - 07.2024

Company Overview: VMware vCentre provides a centralized platform for managing the vSphere environments
VCentre helps in controlling virtual machines, ESXi hosts, and the dependent components from a centralized location
Managed planning and execution of test strategies for 4 major releases(6.5 to 8.0) and 10+ patch releases
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to refine project scopes, ensuring alignment with customer needs
I have contributed to problem analysis and solution deployment for 20+ customer escalations
Lead the Continuous Integration Practices for the new features and bug fixes resulting in 15% decrease in post release bugs
Spearheaded the adoption of automation tools in the vCentre/vSphere ecosystem reducing regression test time by 40%
I contributed to the Test Resources Optimization initiative which saves the test env resources by 20% without compromising the quality of the product
Mentored an intern to create an automation tool which creates dynamic test environments to test customer issues, regression cycles, express patches, reducing manual test efforts by 25%
My notable features include vCenter appliance: A pre-configured linux virtual machine which is optimized for running VMware vCenter Server and the associated services on Linux
Required understanding every component of the vCentre ecosystem and their interactions
FBBR : File-Based Backup and Restore (FBBR) is a built-in feature of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) that lets you back up and restore the VCSA
Infraprofiles: Introduced in vSphere 7.0 that allows you to manage the configuration specifications of a vCenter appliance
PNID: Helps vCenter identify itself
The PNID is set during deployment and can be an IP address or a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
Multihoming: Allows configuring multiple network interface cards (NICs) to improve network traffic management
Minor features include D&P, Appliance-management client and different patching modes (UI, API & CLI)
VMware vCentre provides a centralized platform for managing the vSphere environments
VCentre helps in controlling virtual machines, ESXi hosts, and the dependent components from a centralized location