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I got a call from a property owner. She announced to me that I was accepted to rent her apartment if I still am interested. I was very happy! I signed the contract on the 28 of December. I called my family and told them the news. My wife cried of joy. Although Germans recommend to have a ratio of one third when it comes to rent compared to salary, I did not know about that. And even so, it does not matter because I am going to spend almost half of my salary on rent. Munich is a great place to live and work. But to be selected by the property owners is a fucking real nightmare. Don’t take my word for it, ask your German friends in Munich. Or if you have some balls, come to Munich for a job position and try to get a suitable rent.

In this quick tutorial we learn how to get Postman, how to install it and how to use it to connect to Cisco ACI . Getting it from Chrome Postman was popular with its extension for Google Chrome. So the first thing you probably did is navigating to Google Chrome Web Store and downloading the extension. Then to access the Postman extension, type on the following URL on Google Chrome: chrome://apps/ You should see an icon now: A window loads for seconds then displays the following message: This Chrome App is being deprecated. You can ignore the message and continue to the next menus. The Postman dashboard will load normally. But I recommend to use the native App instead because it will be the future of Postman development, which takes us to the next paragraph. If you installed both the Chrome extension and the native app, then they will both appear on your computer. Click on this icon: Native app Go to Postman webpage and download the version that fits your computer OS. Run the normal in...

The hurdle started a couple of days ago. My strategy is to consult all websites that have to do with properties. The best one was Immoscout24. I downloaded the application. I prepared my Selbstauskunft , attached a copy of the payslip and a SCHUFA . It is a marathon. When you are serious about it, you ought to send applications every fucking day and then expect a reply. I sent at least 6 new applications daily and some more reminders to the previous one who did not respond to me. I checked my emails frequently to the point I forgot how many times it was: in public transportation, during lunch, at work (I asked for a permission from my manager to consult my private phone all day long, and she was completely OK with it), at home, in the toilet, etc. Whenever I get an invitation to an apartment visit, I plan it, tell my boss about it and go to it. Sometimes it happens during work. Thank Allah that my boss was understanding of my situation. I went on this routine for about 3 months in a ro...

As soon as I arrived in Regensburg, I started the hunt for banks, in order to open an salary account. I visited four bank branches in the nearby: Commerzbank Sparkasse Targo Bank Sparda Bank In Commerzbank I was told that the network system was “down” and that I should come back in the afternoon! In Sparkasse, Targo Bank und Sparda Bank, I was told that I needed to provide 3 payslips. How am I supposed to show the payslips if I still did not receive my ever first paycheck?! I concluded that the account opening procedure for new settlers in Germany is not that easy. And maybe the banks have their reasons. But I find it stupid not to study every case in its particularity one by one. Why the fuck do I need a conventional bank to deposit my salary? I do not need people. I need a system to store and retrieve money at my will! I went back to the studio and searched for online banks. There must be a solution. I am not the only immigrant who finds himself in this situation. I need a...

The vPC technology is configured between two and only two Nexus switches. Catalyst switches provide no vPC functionality. The switches bound together in the vPC setting are called vPC peer switches . Unlike other stacking technologies like VSS, Nexus switches in a vPC configuration do not form a single control plane; they maintain their own control plane, and share a common control plane between them. That is why we can ssh into each Nexus switch seperately, while that is not possible in a VSS setup. vPC peer switches are linked together using at least 2*10Gbps links, configured in a port-channel. These links form what is called the vPC peer link . vPC peer switches maintain also what is called a vPC keepalive link. This is NOT a physical link, but rather a logical link that runs across the vPC peer link. Nexus switches in a vPC setup must be configured with something called a vPC domain . two vPC peer switches must have the same vPC domain value. vPC peer switches are taken from this...

LLDP Show commands are easy to understand. Cisco IOS images that support LLDP Read the section Cisco IOU Unsupported Features . LLDP configuration on Cisco devices DLS-1#sh lldp neigh % LLDP is not enabled DLS-1# DLS-1# LLDP show commands on Cisco devices DLS-1#show lldp neighborsCapability codes:(R) Router, (B) Bridge, (T) Telephone, (C) DOCSIS Cable Device(W) WLAN Access Point, (P) Repeater, (S) Station, (O) OtherDevice ID Local Intf Hold-time Capability Port IDTotal entries displayed: 0DLS-1# Give it some time to gather information about neighbors and re-run the command. DLS-1#show lldp neighborsCapability codes:(R) Router, (B) Bridge, (T) Telephone, (C) DOCSIS Cable Device(W) WLAN Access Point, (P) Repeater, (S) Station, (O) OtherDevice ID Local Intf Hold-time Capability Port IDTotal entries displayed: 0 DLS-1#DLS-1#DLS-1#DLS-1#show lldp neighborsCapability codes:(R) Router, (B) Bridge, (T) Telephone, (C) DOCSIS Cable Device(W) WLAN Access Point, (P) Repeater, (S) Station, (O) Othe...

Using Vmware Workstation is a nice tool to practice Cisco technologies. And sometimes you encounter errors that drives you nuts such as “The specified virtual disk needs repair” error message. This error could occur for example when you brutally shut down a virtual machine. But no worries, there is a solution. If you are running a Windows host machine, run a Windows command line and type this command: vmware-vdiskmanager -R “{path of the vmdk virtual disk}” In my case, here is how I solved the problem: d:\Program Files (x86)\Vmware>vmware-vdiskmanager -R "D:\Virtual Machines\ISE 2.0\ise2.0-000001.vmdk"The virtual disk, 'D:\Virtual Machines\ISE 2.0\ise2.0-000001.vmdk', was corrupted and has been successfully repaired.