[VOL-5527] New metrics message to represent 64 bit precision counters and floating type values

Change-Id: Ib53ff5b1bfa63da611fab37b3a17aadb0628ca47
Signed-off-by: pnalmas <praneeth.nalmas@radisys.com>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 349e9d0..1502747 100755
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.6.8
+5.6.9