The deployment packages - per http://servername/zenworks-setup - have executables that contain the .NET component, allowing them to be truly standalone.
The Standalone Agent Updater does not similarly contain .NET components meaning that some devices need to have .NET deployed before the Standalone Agent Updater can be usefully employed.
See https://www.novell.com/documentation/zenworks113/zen11_sys_updates/data/b18h06hw.html
> IMPORTANT:
> .NET 4.0 full framework must be installed on your device to execute standalone agent updater.
We would like the option to have Standalone Agent Updater executables that contain .NET.
NRFE / MG / 10904445773 / 891074
by: Marcus G. | over a year ago | System Update
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Thia has been needed for a very long time as it delays getting our endpoints up to the latest agent version.