vSphere 7u3k (both esxi and vcenter). And it was the ISO installer for Purple. I tried downloading both via torrent & direct, uploaded to datastore, attached to a newly created VM and nothing. I'll try attaching it to an already working Linux box and see if it shows up there to rule out environment issues if possible. I'll open a ticket as well. Thanks!
https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=8222