Yea, the more I think about it, it makes sense though...If you look at the error and if the array doesn't support 'nested clones' with VAAI, anything beyond the first link of the chain is "too deep", or at least thats the way I interpret it now.
One side affect of this that hasn't exactly been cleaned up from an NFS perspective is the error that is received when attempting to run a consolidate. This happens on both the R31/R32 revision arrays, but not on the FC datastores.
- The specified delta disk format 'nativeFormat' is not supported.
I will try to get you some details for your write-up from some of the internal guys here in unified storage and send them your way.