Mariadb failed to start

Oct 23 10:07:20 vmi1031481: 2023-10-23 10:07:20 0 [Note] Plugin ‘FEEDBACK’ is disabled.
Oct 23 10:07:20 vmi1031481: 2023-10-23 10:07:20 0 [ERROR] Could not open mysql.plugin table. Some plugins may be not loaded
Oct 23 10:07:20 vmi1031481: 2023-10-23 10:07:20 0 [ERROR] Can’t open and lock privilege tables: Table ‘mysql.servers’ doesn’t exist
Oct 23 10:07:20 vmi1031481: 2023-10-23 10:07:20 0 [Note] Server socket created on IP: ‘::’.
Oct 23 10:07:20 vmi1031481: 2023-10-23 10:07:20 0 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can’t open and lock privilege tables: Table ‘mysql.db’ doesn’t exist
Oct 23 10:07:20 vmi1031481: 2023-10-23 10:07:20 0 [ERROR] Aborting
Oct 23 10:07:22 vmi1031481: mariadb.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 23 10:07:22 vmi1031481: Failed to start MariaDB 10.4.31 database server.
Oct 23 10:07:22 vmi1031481: Unit mariadb.service entered failed state.
Oct 23 10:07:22 vmi1031481: mariadb.service failed.

can some one help

Is this a fresh installation and what OS and version?