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.After reviewing, there isn't anything new to enhance. The current design should do exactly what is being requested. If IBM i gets a medium error from the storage controller, it should present a data check which marks the block bad. The the object would then either be marked damaged or the application would re-drive a write that would be relocated to a good sector in the storage array. If this is not the behavior then it would be considered a defect. This behavior has been enhanced over the last few years and in the PMR example it was unclear if all the fixes were on the system.
The design is already there to cause a data check which marks the block as damaged and allows the IBM i lpar to continue to run. If the error code from the storage box does not return what is expected, this situation can occur or if the block is part of the operating system itself. To understand this further to see if an enhancement is required or if it is a defect somewhere in the stack, more detail is required. on this unique case. The PMR mentioned does not mention the error that caused the A6XX0255.