In reply to Liam.

Liam,
Yes, as described in this post, it is possible to start LASR server using SAS code. The code is different depending your deployment: SMP or MPP.

For MPP (Distributed) environment please look at: LASR Procedure
For SMP (Non-Distributed) environment please look at: Starting and Stopping Non-Distributed Servers

You can create a script in Windows or Unix that starts a SAS session and executes the code required to start your LASR server, and more.
Regards,

Gilles C.