Is anyone having their jobs become easier as a result of automation or more modern software in the amount of time spent sitting around and waiting for something to break?
When upgrading IOS versions on 6807 and 4507 series switches that my corporation uses, upgrading the IOS version requires copying the .bin file manually, verify that it is not corrupted, and reboot the secondary SUP card manually. Recently when a Catalyst 9K witch with dual SUPs experienced a hardware a SUP card failure, I had the tech plug in the new SUP and the IOS was upgraded to the version that the active SUP was running without me running any commands. For work on the 4507s and 6807s the only thing that Ansible does is copying and verifying the integrity of the .bin file on the primary SUP.
Once Catalyst 9k switches are widely deployed, this process will become simpler and done through DNAC (which is better than Ansible for the work in question). The only common denominators here is that a tech needs to be present to perform the physical work. The more advanced software in the 9K switch resulted me in just waiting while the switch did it's thing.
This is an example of automation not making roles go away, just making them more easier.
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