# DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups
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Returns information about a particular global replication group. If no identifier is specified, returns information about all Global datastores. 

## Request Parameters
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 For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 ** GlobalReplicationGroupId **   
The name of the Global datastore  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Marker **   
An optional marker returned from a prior request. Use this marker for pagination of results from this operation. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by `MaxRecords`.   
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** MaxRecords **   
The maximum number of records to include in the response. If more records exist than the specified MaxRecords value, a marker is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.   
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** ShowMemberInfo **   
Returns the list of members that comprise the Global datastore.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

## Response Elements
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The following elements are returned by the service.

 **GlobalReplicationGroups.GlobalReplicationGroup.N**   
Indicates the slot configuration and global identifier for each slice group.  
Type: Array of [GlobalReplicationGroup](API_GlobalReplicationGroup.md) objects

 ** Marker **   
An optional marker returned from a prior request. Use this marker for pagination of results from this operation. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the marker, up to the value specified by MaxRecords. >  
Type: String

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** GlobalReplicationGroupNotFoundFault **   
The Global datastore does not exist  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** InvalidParameterCombination **   
Two or more incompatible parameters were specified.    
 ** message **   
Two or more parameters that must not be used together were used together.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidParameterValue **   
The value for a parameter is invalid.    
 ** message **   
A parameter value is invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/elasticache-2015-02-02/DescribeGlobalReplicationGroups)