In both alpine dockers the Administration->Backup features are working as expected. However do see following php warnings (these are not seen in ubuntu dockers):
[30-Oct-2017 18:22:31 UTC] PHP Warning: include_once(Archive/Tar.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/openemr/interface/main/backup.php on line 51
[30-Oct-2017 18:22:31 UTC] PHP Warning: include_once(): Failed opening 'Archive/Tar.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:') in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/openemr/interface/main/backup.php on line 51