TrueNAS Setup - Is It Just Me?

I am rebuilding an older server with new drives that will be used for backing up various things from VM's through Veeam to other FreeNAS servers. I installed a fresh copy of TrueNAS 12.0.U2 Core on it. I was excited by the new interface, but I am far from impressed after a week of getting nowhere. I have setup FreeNAS servers before (we have 3 others) and never had issues like this. I have read and followed the online documentation only to realize I was doing things correctly.

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TrueNAS Setup - Is It Just Me?