That's fixed here: https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/1237
Verify with: virtctl version Client Version: version.Info{GitVersion:"v0.9.4", GitCommit:"6e0028292ab269f4b4b5d98b1870ca5b84a47b10", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-11-07T17:08:16Z", GoVersion:"go1.9.4", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"} Server Version: version.Info{GitVersion:"v1.3.0-11-1-g3f367f7", GitCommit:"78435f76c79c97c4491fd7c0549744633c98a53d", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-11-08T14:55:47Z", GoVersion:"go1.9.4", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"} Steps: 1. oc create -f replicaset.yaml output: virtualmachineinstancereplicaset.kubevirt.io/vmi-replicaset-fedora created 2. oc adm drain cnv-executor-ipinto-node1.example.com --delete-local-data --ignore-daemonsets=true --force --pod-selector=kubevirt.io=virt-launcher output: node/cnv-executor-ipinto-node1.example.com cordoned WARNING: Deleting pods with local storage: virt-launcher-vmi-replicaset-fedoramsgxc-lhvsk, virt-launcher-vmi-replicaset-fedorazwtnx-fqwsx; Deleting pods not managed by ReplicationController, ReplicaSet, Job, DaemonSet or StatefulSet: virt-launcher-vmi-replicaset-fedoramsgxc-lhvsk, virt-launcher-vmi-replicaset-fedorazwtnx-fqwsx pod/virt-launcher-vmi-replicaset-fedorazwtnx-fqwsx evicted pod/virt-launcher-vmi-replicaset-fedoramsgxc-lhvsk evicted 3. oc get vmi output: 3 vmi-replicaset NAME AGE test-cache 2d vmi-replicaset-fedorafnzxl 9s vmi-replicaset-fedoral69fn 9s vmi-replicaset-fedoravmvl8 2m 4. oc delete -f replicaset.yaml output: virtualmachineinstancereplicaset.kubevirt.io "vmi-replicaset-fedora" deleted used yaml: apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1alpha2 kind: VirtualMachineInstanceReplicaSet metadata: creationTimestamp: null name: vmi-replicaset-fedora spec: replicas: 3 selector: matchLabels: kubevirt.io/vmReplicaSet: vmi-replicaset-fedora template: metadata: creationTimestamp: null labels: kubevirt.io/vmReplicaSet: vmi-replicaset-fedora spec: domain: devices: disks: - disk: bus: virtio name: registrydisk volumeName: registryvolume machine: type: "" resources: requests: memory: 512M terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0 volumes: - name: registryvolume registryDisk: image: kubevirt/fedora-cloud-registry-disk-demo:latest status: {}