@michael2z I neglected to mention that there's a newer guest utilities in the epel repository (xe-guest-utilities-latest-7.21.0-1.el8.x86_64).

@jmccoy555 I just used it on an AlmaLinux OS 8.3 and it installed great.

/mnt/cdrom/Linux/install.sh
Detected `AlmaLinux release 8.3 (Purple Manul)' (almalinux version 8).

The following changes will be made to this Virtual Machine:
  * packages to be installed/upgraded:
    - xe-guest-utilities-7.20.0-7.x86_64.rpm
    - xe-guest-utilities-xenstore-7.20.0-7.x86_64.rpm

Continue? [y/n] y

Verifying...                          ################################# [100%]
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:xe-guest-utilities-xenstore-7.20.################################# [ 50%]
   2:xe-guest-utilities-7.20.0-7      ################################# [100%]

You should now reboot this Virtual Machine.

@michael2z I just noticed the thread about new a guest tools iso. I'll give that a try and post my results there

I am trying the new AlmaLinux OS based off of CentOS 8. AlmaLinux OS is a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL 8. I installed the required guest rpms, but AlmaLinux OS isn't recognized by the installer, so the required /var/cache/xe-linux-distribution file is not generated.

Can I manually add that distribution file? If so, not sure how to do it.