Exchange 2003 Public folder move to exchange2010

we have been running exchange 2010 and exchange 2003 for some time and now its time to remove exchange 2003 while its been running it hasn't been doing anything.
Exchange 2003 is replicating already to exchange 2010 a while ago I did do a move replication (over a 2 months ago got side tracked)
now under public folder instance on exchnge2003
I just see one folder "Schedule + free Busy information -First Administrative Group"
and when you look at replication status on exchange 2003 I see this
PUBLIC FOLDER HIERARCHY                  12/08/2014 2 In Sync
Schedule+ Free Busy Information- first                      2 both Modified
System Configuration                             10/08/2012 2 local modified
I need to get the information over to exchange 2010.
Do I go with a move MoveAllReplicas.ps1 will this overwrite whats on 2010 ?
What is the safest way for me to get this information over to exchange 2010 any suggestions?
Thanks for your time

Hi,
Please check if the links below are helpful:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331970(v=EXCHG.141).aspx
http://exchangeserverpro.com/migrate-public-folders-from-exchange-2003-to-exchange-server-2010/
Since this issue is more related to the Exchange side, I'd recommend you post your question to the Exchange forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=exchangeserver
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Please check if the links below are helpful:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331970(v=EXCHG.141).aspx
http://exchangeserverpro.com/migrate-public-folders-from-exchange-2003-to-exchange-server-2010/
Since this issue is more related to the Exchange side, I'd recommend you post your question to the Exchange forum:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=exchangeserver
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Hi Ian,
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If any mailbox databases are associated with the public folder database that is to be removed, you must configure another public folder database as their default public folder database.
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Default                                  0
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EX:/o=First Organization/ou=Exchange Adm 0                 3/13/2014 1:00:00 AM
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exchangeV1                               401
3/16/2014 1:34:35 PM
globalevents                             0
3/16/2014 1:34:35 PM
internal                                 0
3/16/2014 1:34:35 PM
Sales                                     713
1/4/2014 10:15:15 AM
microsoft                                0
3/16/2014 1:34:35 PM
OAB Version 2                            0
1/4/2014 4:09:49 AM
OAB Version 3a                           0
1/4/2014 4:09:49 AM
OAB Version 4                            0
1/4/2014 4:09:49 AM
OWAScratchPad{8382AFC4-6D63-4804-AC49-7B 0                 3/16/2014 1:34:35 PM
4FDA2A4514}
schema-root                              0
3/16/2014 1:34:35 PM
Accounting                                 953
1/4/2014 10:15:16 AM
StoreEvents{8382AFC4-6D63-4804-AC49-7B4F 0                 3/16/2014 1:34:35 PM
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At the moment we have two mailbox servers. I'll call them O1 and O2. O1 and O2 each have a public folder database. All mailbox databases are pointed to O1 (so O2 only acts as a duplicate).
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Per my knowledge, the first step we need to do is to add N1 as PF replica partner for the O1. It may take a very long time to replicate all content. After all the PFs have been replicated to N1, we can run the MoveAllReplicas.ps1 or the ReplaceReplicaOnPFRecursive.ps1
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Scripts for Managing Public Folders in the Exchange Management Shell
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997966.aspx
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Move Public Folder Content from One Public Folder Database to Another Public Folder Database
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