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Plan, install, configure and test storage infrastructure components and connectivity.
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Identify storage capacity requirements needed to support services.
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Identify physical facility requirements needed to operate storage components (i.e. floor space, equipment clearance, electrical, cooling, cabling, weight load.
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Maintain and manage physical facilities for storage media such as tape libraries.
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Provide storage requirements to support procurement activities.
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Decommission storage infrastructure components upon request.
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Maintain storage components in compliance with supporting vendor requirements.
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Maintain information about storage topologies and configurations and ensure accuracy and availability to others.
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Provide consulting services and support for release package testing, installation, deployment and operation.
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Provide troubleshooting and technical support services for storage infrastructures.
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Provide consulting and support services to identify storage operational, monitoring and reporting requirements.
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Coordinate, schedule, implement and test storage tuning activities.
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Coordinate and schedule repair services with 3rd party vendors for storage devices and validate that expected repairs and patches achieved expected benefits.
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Label storage media components with identification tags and track media locations, and owners.
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Plan, design, implement, test, operate and manage storage cache, storage types, channels, network, virtual pool and hierarchical storage configurations.
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Manage and maintain inventories of spare media and equipment.
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Provide media replication and validation.
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Replace damaged storage media.
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Process and configure storage services per provided requirements for data retention.
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Reclaim unused storage.
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Plan, architect and administer storage and tape virtualization solutions for storage assets.