No luck.

[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$ sudo systemctl stop vdsmd.service
[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$ sudo rm -rf /rhev/data-canter/*
[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$ ls -lad /rhev/data-center/
drwxr-xr-x. 4 vdsm kvm 4096 Apr 18 18:27 /rhev/data-center/
[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$ ls -la /rhev/data-center/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x. 4 vdsm kvm  4096 Apr 18 18:27 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Mar 13 15:32 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 vdsm kvm  4096 Apr 18 18:27 hsm-tasks
drwxr-xr-x. 4 vdsm kvm  4096 Apr 18 18:25 mnt
[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$ sudo reboot
Connection to bufferoverflow closed by remote host.
...
Last login: Thu Apr 18 18:40:19 2013
[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$ ./engine-service stop
Stopping engine-service:                                    [  OK  ]
[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$ ./engine-service start
Starting engine-service:                                    [  OK  ]
[wil@bufferoverflow ~]$


Logs attached.