1. A method for configuring an information management system of a machine, comprising: requesting configuration data associated with a current configuration or status of one or more control modules associated with a machine; receiving the configuration data associated with the one or more control modules in response to the request; and updating a configuration of the information management system based on the received configuration data, wherein updating a configuration of the information management system includes: identifying one or more components associated with each of the one or more control modules; identifying one or more operational characteristics associated with the identified components; determining a machine configuration based on at least one of the identified components and the identified operational characteristics associated with the identified components; and configuring the information management system to collect operation data associated with the one or more control modules based on the machine configuration.