VOL-3765: option to retrieve startup configuration info

Change-Id: I9a5b15bf4bb4bf0b030e29b4c4f4553d2177c29b
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c81aa44..e3e1807 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.7
+0.9.8