Sometimes when I restart my server the webapps take about 10 to 15 minutes before they come active. I first thought that I had broken something but they do go active. Is this SOP?
This is a known issue. In our environment it takes more like 30-40 minutes. It is addressed in SAS 9.4M3 which has just been released:
Starting with the third maintenance release for SAS 9.4, SAS has made changes that are expected to result in a 40% to 50% decrease in start-up time for SAS Web Application Server.
The SAS Users Group for Administrators (SUGA) is open to all SAS administrators and architects who install, update, manage or maintain a SAS deployment.