Hi gofaty,
thanks,resolved the license issue...the syntax of adding the license was correct
FYI, what was going wrong is:
In Version 9, you are no longer required to add the db2ese.lic license key. The db2ese.lic is handled automatically by the installer. After installation the user must install either the CPU or Authorized User Option license key. I was unaware of this and was only adding the license file db2ese.lic