grub.cfg not updated and no initramfs in /boot after new kernel install

Issue

• When trying to install a new kernel, no error seen but the corresponding initramfs does not appear in /boot:

Transaction ID : 67
Begin time     : Wed 30 Aug 2023 11:53:59 PM UTC
Begin rpmdb    : 702:de1a644c07201321354354353c65d6d43
End time       : Wed 30 Aug 2023 11:54:49 PM UTC (50 seconds)
End rpmdb      : 705:961d66fezfrgt4545fzef5rg5d1f0ecc67243216c
User           :  <rsouthard-adm>
Return-Code    : Success
Releasever     : 8.8
Command Line   : update bpftool-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm 
kernel-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm 
kernel-core-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm 
kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86
_64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm 
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
Comment        :
Packages Altered:
    Install kernel-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64         @@commandline
    Install kernel-core-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64    @@commandline
    Install kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8.x86_64 @@commandline

• There is no initramfs for new kernel 4.18.0-477.10 in /boot:

/boot:
total 79000
dr-xr-xr-x.  7 0 0     4096 Sep  7 22:56 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 20 0 0      272 Jun 25 19:20 ..
-rw-r--r--.  1 0 0      173 Mar 17 06:14 .vmlinuz-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64.hmac
drwxr-xr-x.  2 0 0        6 Sep 14 13:02 0c59403e8ef01d94d99ad27rd79695ed
drwxr-xr-x.  4 0 0       78 Jul 21 21:07 7ce2939d631c4403e8ef01d94d99ad27
-rw-------.  1 0 0  4404089 Mar 17 06:15 System.map-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64
-rw-r--r--.  1 0 0   198608 Mar 17 06:15 config-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64
drwx------.  3 0 0    16384 Jan  1  1970 efi
drwx------.  4 0 0      101 Sep 12 19:57 grub2
-rw-------.  1 0 0 32779777 Sep  7 22:56 initramfs-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64.backup.img
-rw-------.  1 0 0 32737706 Sep  7 23:01 initramfs-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64.img
drwxr-xr-x.  3 0 0       21 Feb 28  2022 loader
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 0 0       52 May  2 20:40 symvers-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64.gz -> /lib/modules/4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64/symvers.gz
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 0 0 10743152 Mar 17 06:15 vmlinuz-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64

• Instead I can see an initrd under the BLS entry:

/boot/7ce2939d403e8ef01d94d99ad27/4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64:
total 32028
drwxr-xr-x. 2 0 0       20 Jul 21 21:08 .
drwxr-xr-x. 4 0 0       78 Jul 21 21:07 ..
-rw-------. 1 0 0 32795596 Jul 21 21:08 initrd