The EDGINERS utility of DFSMSrmm is recommended instead of IEHINITT for labeling tapes that reside both inside and outside IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library (3495)s for the following reasons:

1. You can label a set of volumes with DFSMSrmm.
2. DFSMSrmm ensures that the data sets on the volume have expired.
3. DFSMSrmm validates that the correct volume is mounted before creating the volume label.
4. DFSMSrmm can track that a volume needs to be labeled and can automate tape labeling using the information in its control data set.
5. DFSMSrmm also provides facilities for erasing the data on a tape when it expires.

Related reading: For more information about the EDGINERS utility, see z/OS DFSMSrmm Implementation and Customization Guide.