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Due to substantial technical changes, ZDU is not supported for upgrading from any previous version to 24.4.0.
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ZDU is not supported either for a first upgrade from a version lower thatn 24.0 to and Automic Automation version that supports Unicode / UTF-8 (24.0 and higher).
There are significant DB schema and AE message changes that cannot be supported in compatibility or rollback mode. Furthermore, the AE database UTF-8 migration process requires a downtime so that all data is migrated correctly. This step is relevant to avoid an encoding misalignment resulting in corrupted data.
Watch this introductory video on how use zero downtime to upgrade your Automation Engine without scheduling a maintenance window: