In Windows 2008 R2 Server, it usually takes very long until the Server Manager shows the items under the Roles node on two of our servers. However, once that has been done the first time after a reboot, it seems to be a lot faster.
How can I mimic this behavior without having to manually start it the first time around and clicking any relevant node, so that the first time I actually go in and use the server manager it will be a lot faster to use it?
In case that isn't easy to answer or the symptoms point to odd behavior (I never knew it differently on these versions), I'd like to ask for ways to debug the issue.
That's because it refreshes the list from scratch on a reboot, and caches it for that session. I've noticed it as well and take it for what its worth, which is a minor annoyance.