The key point is that you should not mix VAAI and non-VAAI based linked clones. When I say VAAI here I mean the setting in the vCloud Director website. When you enable it in vCloud that's enabling what is also called Native Linked Clones. If you have a mix of orgs with Native and non-Native, you'll get weird random errors about mixed types of chains or that they are not compatible.
Suffice to say, you should only use Native or non-Native across the board if possible.