Use the DSMLABEL utility.

Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com

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>From:  O. REHORST[SMTP:rehorst AT NEOSOFT DOT COM]
>Sent:  Monday, January 27, 1997 9:50 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Initializing new tapes
>
>For the life of me I can't remember or find my notes on:
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>Initializing new Tapes
>
>What process do you perform before Define Volume? You've got new tapes.
>How do you label / format them? Use other tape software's tape utility?
>Regards and TIA,
>