There is 3 node cassandra cluster running and which is serving Production Traffic And in cassandra.yaml file "endpoint_snitch: GossipingPropertyFileSnitch" is configured but somehow we have forgot to remove file cassandra-topology.properties from cassandra conf directory. As per Cassandra documentation if you are using GossipingPropertyFileSnitch you should remove cassandra-topology.properties file.
Now As all three nodes are running and serving Production traffic So can I remove this file all three nodes or I have to remove this file after shutdown the nodes one by one.
Apache Cassandra Version is "3.11.2"
./bin/nodetool status
Datacenter: dc1
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Status=Up/Down
|/ State=Normal/Leaving/Joining/Moving
-- Address Load Tokens Owns (effective) Host ID Rack
UN x.x.x.x1 409.39 GiB 256 62.9% cshdkd-6065-4813-ae53-sdh89hs98so RAC1
UN x.x.x.x2 546.33 GiB 256 67.8% jfdsdk-f18f-4d46-af95-33jw9yhfcsd RAC2
UN x.x.x.x3 594.73 GiB 256 69.3% 7s9skk-a27f-4875-a410-sdsiudw9eww RAC3