Powershell Debug Output - debugging

Question

I have a powershell script that creates some DotNetZip ZIP files on a persistent connection on multiple servers, then uses Start-BitsTransfer to move the ZIP files from the remote servers to the local.
I run pretty much the same script on two different servers, on one it barely prints anything to the screen. On the other, it outputs a LOT - binary looking stuff. Is this because there is some kind of debug setting that is turned on on the server that is outputting all of this info? Is there a way I can turn it off? I'd rather it be more clean like the first server that runs the script.
Thank you!
-Jim
Here is almost the entire script (without my servernames in the $webServers array:
Import-Module BitsTransfer
foreach($i in $webServers) {
if (!(Test-Path -path \\$i\d$\newDeploy)) {
New-Item \\$i\d$\newDeploy -type directory
}
if (!(Test-Path -path \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup)) {
New-Item \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup -type directory
}
if(!(Test-Path \\$i\d$\newDeploy\Ionic.Zip.dll)) {
Start-BitsTransfer -Source \\$webDeployServer\d$\newDeploy\Ionic.Zip.dll -Destination \\$i\d$\newDeploy
}
}
foreach($i in $webServers) {
$sessionForI = New-PSSession -computername $i
Invoke-Command -Session $sessionForI -ScriptBlock {
if ((Test-Path D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\OffM.zip)) {
Remove-Item D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\OffM.zip
}
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("D:\\newDeploy\\Ionic.Zip.dll");
$zipfile = new-object Ionic.Zip.ZipFile
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\OffM", "OffM",1)
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\PaEnterprise", "PaEnterprise",1)
$zipfile.Save("D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\OffM.zip")
$zipfile.Dispose()
if ((Test-Path D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\Others.zip)) {
Remove-Item D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\Others.zip
}
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("D:\\newDeploy\\Ionic.Zip.dll");
$zipfile = new-object Ionic.Zip.ZipFile
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\MstrInt-PO", "MstrInt-PO",1)
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\Maint", "Maint",1)
$zipfile.Save("D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\Others.zip")
$zipfile.Dispose()
if ((Test-Path D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\PPO.zip)) {
Remove-Item D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\PPO.zip
}
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("D:\\newDeploy\\Ionic.Zip.dll");
$zipfile = new-object Ionic.Zip.ZipFile
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\HC", "HC",1)
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\PaOn", "PaOn",1)
if($i -eq 'PYRALNWSP02V') {
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\HearPl", "HearPl",1)
} else {
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\HearPaPlu", "HearPaPlu",1)
}
$zipfile.Save("D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\PPO.zip")
$zipfile.Dispose()
if ((Test-Path D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\TiMan.zip)) {
Remove-Item D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\TiMan.zip
}
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("D:\\newDeploy\\Ionic.Zip.dll");
$zipfile = new-object Ionic.Zip.ZipFile
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\TiManView", "TiManView",1)
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\TiManOnline", "TiManOnline",1)
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'","D:\inetpub\wwwroot\TiManPOne", "TiManPOne",1)
$zipfile.Save("D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\TiMan.zip")
$zipfile.Dispose()
}
remove-PSSession -session $sessionForI
}
foreach($i in $webServers) {
if(!(Test-Path -path D:\newDeploy\backup\$i)) {
New-Item D:\newDeploy\backup\$i -type directory
}
Start-BitsTransfer -Source \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\OffM.zip -Destination D:\newDeploy\backup\$i
Start-BitsTransfer -Source \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\Others.zip -Destination D:\newDeploy\backup\$i
Start-BitsTransfer -Source \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\PPO.zip -Destination D:\newDeploy\backup\$i
Start-BitsTransfer -Source \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\TiMan.zip -Destination D:\newDeploy\backup\$i
}
foreach($i in $webServers) {
Remove-Item \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\OffM.zip
Remove-Item \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\Others.zip
Remove-Item \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\PPO.zip
Remove-Item \\$i\d$\newDeploy\backup\TiMan.zip
}
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("D:\\newDeploy\\Ionic.Zip.dll");
$directoryToZip = "D:\newDeploy\backup"
$date = get-date -format "M-d-yyyy"
$zipfile = new-object Ionic.Zip.ZipFile
$e = $zipfile.AddSelectedFiles("name != '*.e2e'",$directoryToZip, "",1)
$zipfile.Save("D:\\newDeploy\\backup\\"+$date+"_WEBbackup.zip")
$zipfile.Dispose()

Answer 1

There is a debug messages setting like that - $DebugPreference
It's default is SilentlyContinue. See if it is set to something else.
It would help if you also showed the difference in output. It could also be a verbose output as controlled by the $VerbosePreference
Look here to know about the preference varibales - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347731.aspx
Update:
Add a [void] before [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom statements so that the output doesn't pollute the script output.